Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 220William Blackwood, 1926 - England |
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Page 67
... miles , an awful journey through a country devoid of human be- ings , across treacherous moving ice - pans , over steep glaciers to avoid stretches of black , icy , open water , and then what ? A scattered village of Eskimos along the ...
... miles , an awful journey through a country devoid of human be- ings , across treacherous moving ice - pans , over steep glaciers to avoid stretches of black , icy , open water , and then what ? A scattered village of Eskimos along the ...
Page 70
... miles west of Craig Harbour had never been seen by white man . So it was that with frequent sled trips far along the coast , hunting trips to supply our- selves with fresh meat and to provide food for our ravenous army of dogs , and ...
... miles west of Craig Harbour had never been seen by white man . So it was that with frequent sled trips far along the coast , hunting trips to supply our- selves with fresh meat and to provide food for our ravenous army of dogs , and ...
Page 71
... miles to the south . Barren Lands , where one could pick up tons of driftwood on each mile of beach , where trees grew a few miles farther south in the river - bottoms , where there were lakes full of fish , and countless herds of ...
... miles to the south . Barren Lands , where one could pick up tons of driftwood on each mile of beach , where trees grew a few miles farther south in the river - bottoms , where there were lakes full of fish , and countless herds of ...
Page 88
... miles in fine clear weather , at a speed of seventeen knots . During the run a steamer's lights- those of the Storstad - could be seen bearing between three and four points off the starboard bow , and at an estimated dis- tance , when ...
... miles in fine clear weather , at a speed of seventeen knots . During the run a steamer's lights- those of the Storstad - could be seen bearing between three and four points off the starboard bow , and at an estimated dis- tance , when ...
Page 94
... miles past Rimouski of his bunk . Without waiting ( which is farther up the river for orders Ferguson instantly towards Quebec than is Father called up all stations by the Point , and is the port for recognised code , and told them ...
... miles past Rimouski of his bunk . Without waiting ( which is farther up the river for orders Ferguson instantly towards Quebec than is Father called up all stations by the Point , and is the port for recognised code , and told them ...
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