Works, Volumes 91-92Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 51
... brought on board from the seashore and found that that too was full of iron . A quantity of this sand , which I brought back with me to St Petersburg , is deposited , one portion in the Museum of the Imperial Admiralty Department ...
... brought on board from the seashore and found that that too was full of iron . A quantity of this sand , which I brought back with me to St Petersburg , is deposited , one portion in the Museum of the Imperial Admiralty Department ...
Page 135
... brought some ; but they had only just reached the ice when the wind veered to the east and began to blow in squalls . The horizon was shut out by fog and therefore I signalled to the boats to return . They did so immediately and were ...
... brought some ; but they had only just reached the ice when the wind veered to the east and began to blow in squalls . The horizon was shut out by fog and therefore I signalled to the boats to return . They did so immediately and were ...
Page 227
... brought back with them some fairly large sea - urchins ( Echinus ) with spikes or prickles about 6 inches in length of a lilac colour like slate pencils . We only found this particular species of all the many known kinds of sea - urchin ...
... brought back with them some fairly large sea - urchins ( Echinus ) with spikes or prickles about 6 inches in length of a lilac colour like slate pencils . We only found this particular species of all the many known kinds of sea - urchin ...
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Lyeskov Visokoi and Zavodovski Islands | 3 |
Wandering and Sooty Albatrosses | 9 |
Banksia Blue Tit Honeyeater and Waratah | 17 |
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a.m. the wind albatrosses altered course anchor Antarctic appeared ashore Bellingshausen birds black petrels blew blue petrels boat Candlemas Islands canoes Cape Captain Cook chart chronometers clouds cocoa-nut colour continued coral covered crew dark daybreak deck east eastward farther fathoms feet fresh freshened frost Governor heavy horizon icebergs icefield island knots land latitude Lazarev light wind Long longitude look-out lunar distances Macquarie Macquarie Island midday midnight miles Mirnyi mist morning mountain natives navigation night noon north-east north-west o'clock observed officers Ono Island Otahiti Palliser Island passed penguins Peter I Island Port Jackson proceeded rain reef round Russian sazhen ship shore shortened sail side sight snow fell South Georgia south-east south-west southern staysail swell tack temperature thermometer thick weather top-gallant topsails turned Van Diemen's Land variation vessels Vostok voyage whales wind shifted Zavodovski