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Page 132
... direction we were going : this had the good effect of making our dogs quicken their pace . After proceeding forty - eight wersts we formed our encampment for the night , in the man- ner before described . The observed latitude was 70 ...
... direction we were going : this had the good effect of making our dogs quicken their pace . After proceeding forty - eight wersts we formed our encampment for the night , in the man- ner before described . The observed latitude was 70 ...
Page 186
... direction and sometimes in another , without any apparent reason , I expressed to him my doubts as to his knowledge of the country . He stoutly maintained , however , that he had often been here before , and to prove it , he ran over ...
... direction and sometimes in another , without any apparent reason , I expressed to him my doubts as to his knowledge of the country . He stoutly maintained , however , that he had often been here before , and to prove it , he ran over ...
Page 206
... direction in three days , and had reached 71 ° 10 ' latitude in the merid- ian of Sand Cape , having met with fewer obstacles than before ; still he had encountered many difficul- ties , particularly from the great quantity of deep snow ...
... direction in three days , and had reached 71 ° 10 ' latitude in the merid- ian of Sand Cape , having met with fewer obstacles than before ; still he had encountered many difficul- ties , particularly from the great quantity of deep snow ...
Contents
rival of the English Traveller Captain Cochrane The | 87 |
CHAPTER V | 97 |
CHAPTER VI | 114 |
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