Polar Scenes, Exhibited in the Voyages of Heemskirk and Barenz to the Northern Regions, and in the Adventures of Four Russian Sailors at the Island of SpitzbergenJ. Harris and Son, corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1821 - 138 pagine |
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Polar Scenes : Exhibited in the Voyages of Heemskirk and Barenz to the ... Joachim Heinrich Campe Visualizzazione completa - 1822 |
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amongst animal appeared attacked Barenz Bear Island began boats broke canoe Captain Heemskirk casks cast anchor clothes coast of Nova coloured companions continued to sail Cornelius Ryp courage covered crew danger defend drag eastern coast engravings eyes fastened feet fire fish floating wood four foxes Frozen Ocean gave halberd half-bound harpoon hatchet hope human inhabitants island kill Kola land Laplanders live look mariners masses of ice means misery necessary night North North-east passage northern Norway Nova Zembla obliged panions passed plain Pole poor preserve procure region rein-deer ROBINSON CRUSOE rock Russians sailors Samojedes scurvy sea-cows shew ship shore sinews situation skins sledge sometimes soon Spitzbergen steer suffer tempest thing thought vessel voyage warm whale whilst white bears White Sea whole wind winter wood young friends young readers
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Pagina 58 - ... their hearts beat with joy. Barentz was surprised ; he calculated again, and still found that the sun shone not according to the common order of nature; He convinced his companions of the rectitude of his calculations, and all were as astonished as himself The cold continued severe until the 15th of April. On this day they went to visit the vessel, and found it in the same hopeless situation in which they had left it. The ice around it had acquired an enormous thickness, and presented the most...