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A member of an advance party of an eclipse expedition arriving in Spitzbergen at this period, and paying a visit to Andree for the purpose of taking him letters, wrote: "We watched him deal out the letters to his men. They are all volunteers and include seven sea captains, a lawyer, and other people some forty in all.
From Spitzbergen through the Arctic, and across Canada and the Barrens, he had held his own with all manner of dogs and achieved to mastery over them. Bitter rage was his, but never blind rage. In passion to rend and destroy, he never forgot that his enemy was in like passion to rend and destroy.
The Snow Queen has her summer tent there, but her permanent castle is up at the North Pole, on the island which is called Spitzbergen! 'Oh Kay, little Kay! sighed Gerda. 'Lie still, or I shall stick the knife into you! said the robber girl.
Extracts from a Narrative of the Extraordinary Adventures of Four Russian Sailors, who were cast away on the Desert Island of East Spitzbergen. This information induced the whole company to resolve on wintering there, if the hut, as they hoped, still existed; for they clearly perceived the imminent danger they were in, and that they must inevitably perish if they continued in the ship.
The forests of the arctic zone in tertiary times contained at least three other species of Sequoia, as determined by their remains, one of which, from Spitzbergen, also much resembles the common redwood of California. Another, "which appears to have been the commonest coniferous tree on Disco," was common in England and some other parts of Europe.
The picture of this meeting on the ice between Cook and Whitney gave us the impression of another Nansen and Jackson at Spitzbergen. Whitney had welcomed Cook warmly, had witnessed his troubles at Etah, and his departure by komatik, and had taken charge of his instruments and records to carry South with him when he came home.
For centuries past Spitzbergen has been greatly resorted to on account of the profitable whale-fishery of the surrounding seas, and several shipwrecks, as well as incidents similar to the preceding, have occurred there, and in the vicinity.
"And the cruise of the Farewell under him that got lost in the Spitzbergen seas!" said Clifton. "He was the only man that came back," continued Gripper. "He and his dog," answered Clifton. "We won't die for his pleasure," added Pen. "Nor lose the bounty we've been at so much trouble to earn," cried Clifton.
Amans than of Spitzbergen. Again and again my young companion put her head out of the window and cried: 'Well, driver, how many kilometres now to St. Amans? And the reply would be: 'Three more' or 'Two more just two, mademoiselle. Whereas mademoiselle laughingly counted half a dozen by the milestones between each inquiry.
It causes blinking. Her brother also is presented: a fine portrait of him, with clipped red locks, in blue array, smiling, wearing the rose of briny breezes, a telescope under his left arm, his right forefinger on a map, a view of Spitzbergen through a cabin-window: for John had notions about the north-west passage, he had spent a winter in the ice, and if an amateur, was not the less a true sailor.
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