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Tulokset 1 - 3 kokonaismäärästä 58
Sivu 89
... seal at the Chatham Islands , where indeed a few fine seal- skins were obtained . The Bounty Islands were sighted on 22 December but no seals taken . No trace could be found of the mythical " Nimrod Islands . " Course was next set east ...
... seal at the Chatham Islands , where indeed a few fine seal- skins were obtained . The Bounty Islands were sighted on 22 December but no seals taken . No trace could be found of the mythical " Nimrod Islands . " Course was next set east ...
Sivu 128
... seals . Inside the cave , no one could stand upright , and they developed " igloo back " from the con- stant bending . To preserve what little warmth there was , seal- skins were hung across the entrance . The floor was covered by tent ...
... seals . Inside the cave , no one could stand upright , and they developed " igloo back " from the con- stant bending . To preserve what little warmth there was , seal- skins were hung across the entrance . The floor was covered by tent ...
Sivu 288
... seals hauled out on land to breed . Once found , these popula- tions - especially those of the more valuable fur seal - were systematically decimated . By the end of the first decade of the nineteenth century , known sealing grounds off ...
... seals hauled out on land to breed . Once found , these popula- tions - especially those of the more valuable fur seal - were systematically decimated . By the end of the first decade of the nineteenth century , known sealing grounds off ...
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Entries Listed in Chronological Order | xi |
Contents | xii |
Petermann Island Antarctic Peninsula 522 | xviii |
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Amundsen Antarctic expedition Antarctic Exploration Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Arctic Ocean attempt August Baffin Island Barents Barrow Beechey Bellingshausen Bering Strait Bernier Biscoe Borchgrevink Bouvet Bouvet Island British Bylot Byrd Cabot Cape Captain Charcot claim Cook crew Davis days later Deception Island discovered discovery dogs East Greenland Edward Ellesmere Island Ellsworth Enderby established expedition's farther north February flight Franklin Franz Josef Land Frobisher further reading Geographical George Gerlache Greenland Ice Shelf Inuit James Clark January John journey King Larsen Located London meters miles mountains named Nansen navigator Nordenskjöld North Pole Northeast northern Northwest Passage Norway Norwegian Parry party Peary polar exploration reached References and further region River Roald Russian sailed scientific Scott sealer seals Shackleton ship sledging Sound South Pole South Shetland Islands southern Spitsbergen station survey Svalbard tion vessel Victoria Land visited voyage Weddell Sea west coast whaling William winter Zemlya