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... feet ; that , if prevented from drifting away during the summer , a second season will add about five feet ; and a third season , doubtless , somewhat more . The fields of ice which have been met with by the British expeditions in parts ...
... feet ; that , if prevented from drifting away during the summer , a second season will add about five feet ; and a third season , doubtless , somewhat more . The fields of ice which have been met with by the British expeditions in parts ...
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... feet broad at the bottom , and ten feet high in the centre . A fire in the middle served both for cooking and warmth , though it filled the tent with a thick , pungent smoke , notwithstanding there was a small hole in the top to let it ...
... feet broad at the bottom , and ten feet high in the centre . A fire in the middle served both for cooking and warmth , though it filled the tent with a thick , pungent smoke , notwithstanding there was a small hole in the top to let it ...
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... feet . We advised him to change his boots and stockings , which he had omit- ted to do the night before . When the boots were taken off , we saw with no little alarm that the stock- ings were frozen to his feet . Drawing them off with ...
... feet . We advised him to change his boots and stockings , which he had omit- ted to do the night before . When the boots were taken off , we saw with no little alarm that the stock- ings were frozen to his feet . Drawing them off with ...
Contents
rival of the English Traveller Captain Cochrane The | 87 |
CHAPTER V | 97 |
CHAPTER VI | 114 |
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