Siberia in Asia: a visit to the valley of the Yenesay1882 |
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... shore - Nest of the Siberian Chiffchaff - Birds in the forest - Under weigh again - Wreck of the ill - starred Thames - Arrangements for the future 150 .. r CHAPTER XV . Wild flowers - Willow - Warbler's nest - Windy weather Tracks of a ...
... shore - Nest of the Siberian Chiffchaff - Birds in the forest - Under weigh again - Wreck of the ill - starred Thames - Arrangements for the future 150 .. r CHAPTER XV . Wild flowers - Willow - Warbler's nest - Windy weather Tracks of a ...
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... over Russia , and the Slave and Tartar races were struggling in mortal combat , a peaceful expedition left the shores of Britain , under the command of Sir Hugh Willoughby . B Three ships were sent to the Arctic region on a.
... over Russia , and the Slave and Tartar races were struggling in mortal combat , a peaceful expedition left the shores of Britain , under the command of Sir Hugh Willoughby . B Three ships were sent to the Arctic region on a.
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... shores of the Arctic Ocean , and passing through the Kara gates , entered the Kara Sea . On the Yalmal peninsula they found a river , the head of which brought them to a narrow watershed , across which they again pushed their boats ...
... shores of the Arctic Ocean , and passing through the Kara gates , entered the Kara Sea . On the Yalmal peninsula they found a river , the head of which brought them to a narrow watershed , across which they again pushed their boats ...
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... shores of Nova Zembla , and a narrow belt of pack ice blocked the Kara gates . Late in the season of 1879 a Bremen steamer succeeded in finding a passage , and in bringing a cargo of wheat from Na - deem ' . It was very fortunate that ...
... shores of Nova Zembla , and a narrow belt of pack ice blocked the Kara gates . Late in the season of 1879 a Bremen steamer succeeded in finding a passage , and in bringing a cargo of wheat from Na - deem ' . It was very fortunate that ...
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... shores of the Tchuski - Land proved very interesting in an ethnological and ornithological point of view . When Professor Norden- skiöld and Captain Palander were in this country on their return voyage , I had an opportunity of having ...
... shores of the Tchuski - Land proved very interesting in an ethnological and ornithological point of view . When Professor Norden- skiöld and Captain Palander were in this country on their return voyage , I had an opportunity of having ...
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