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... arctic explorer , who had , under Captain Parry , located the North Magnetic Pole , and acquired considerable knowledge of polar travelling and ice navigation . His first polar experience had been gained at nineteen and by the age of ...
... arctic explorer , who had , under Captain Parry , located the North Magnetic Pole , and acquired considerable knowledge of polar travelling and ice navigation . His first polar experience had been gained at nineteen and by the age of ...
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... Arctic explorer . He sailed southwards on November 12 , 1840 , and sighted his first iceberg in 63 ° 20 ′ S. , and soon afterwards the two ships passed a chain of bergs , some of great size and height . Ross was surprised at their ...
... Arctic explorer . He sailed southwards on November 12 , 1840 , and sighted his first iceberg in 63 ° 20 ′ S. , and soon afterwards the two ships passed a chain of bergs , some of great size and height . Ross was surprised at their ...
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... Arctic explorer , who as a junior naval officer had acted as geographer to the Abyssinian expedition . With Scott was Shackleton , whose name , after Scott's , is perhaps the best known of the modern Ant- arctics . He had that lovable ...
... Arctic explorer , who as a junior naval officer had acted as geographer to the Abyssinian expedition . With Scott was Shackleton , whose name , after Scott's , is perhaps the best known of the modern Ant- arctics . He had that lovable ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
WHALES SEALS AND PENGUINS | 27 |
ANTARCTIC BIRDS | 39 |
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