The Arctic voyages of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, 1858-1879 [by A. Leslie].Macmillan and Company, 1879 - 447 Seiten |
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anchored animal appeared Arctic August Bear Island blocks boat Cape Cape Chelyuskin carried Chydenius coast collections colour course covered crew Crown 8vo depth dredging drift-ice Dunér Eolus exceedingly excursion expedition farther fast-ice fathoms feet formed fossils glacier Gladan Gothenburg Greenland ground Harbour height Hinloopen Ice Fjord ice-field inland ice journey K.V.A. Öfvers Kara Sea Lapps large number latitude Lena masses moss mountain mouth Mussel Bay nearly neighbourhood night Nordenskiöld North East Land northwards Norway Norwegian Novaya Zemlya observations Onkel Adam Onkilon open water Palander party Polar Polhem preserved promontory provisions reached regions rein reindeer reindeer moss river rock Russian sailed Samoyedes scurvy seen September Seven Islands shore Siberia simovie sledge snow Sofia sound species Spitzbergen steamer Strait summer Swedes Swedish temperature Thordsen Torell Tromsoe tundra Vega vegetation vessel visible visited voyage walrus walrus-hunters weather whole wind winter Yenissej
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