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... Princesse Alice visited Bear Island and Hope Island , where landings were made , and then entered Storfjord . This is frequently a difficult fjord to navigate on account of pack - ice , but in 1898 the sea was open and the ship was able ...
... Princesse Alice visited Bear Island and Hope Island , where landings were made , and then entered Storfjord . This is frequently a difficult fjord to navigate on account of pack - ice , but in 1898 the sea was open and the ship was able ...
Page 185
... Princesse Alice called at Kiel . Both there and at Bergen the ex - Kaiser showed great interest in the expedition . At Bergen an event of some historical significance took place . Two training ships , the one French and the other German ...
... Princesse Alice called at Kiel . Both there and at Bergen the ex - Kaiser showed great interest in the expedition . At Bergen an event of some historical significance took place . Two training ships , the one French and the other German ...
Page 187
... Alice's launch on her journey to Advent Bay . The Svensksund accompanied the Princesse Alice to Treurenberg Bay , the headquarters of the Swedish expedition . After coaling there the Princesse Alice left for the south . Being much ...
... Alice's launch on her journey to Advent Bay . The Svensksund accompanied the Princesse Alice to Treurenberg Bay , the headquarters of the Swedish expedition . After coaling there the Princesse Alice left for the south . Being much ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 13 |
CHAPTER PAGE I THE DISCOVERY | 17 |
PHYSICAL FEATURES AND CLIMATE | 29 |
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Advent Bay Advent Point adventures Antarctic Arctic balloon Barents Bear Island Bell Sound bergen boat British camp century chart claim coal coast of Spitsbergen Cross Bay Danes Island discovery Dutch Edge Island English Bay estates exploration feet fishery fjords foxes Franz Josef Land German glaciers Green Harbour Greenland Grumant Hinlopen Strait Horn Sound hunting sloop Icefjord Jan Mayen journey King James King's Bay later Leigh Smith Longyear Longyear City Lowe Sound miles mining Muscovy Company Nordenskjöld north coast North-East Land north-west Norway Norwegian Novaya Zemlya pack-ice polar Prince Charles Foreland Prince of Monaco Princesse Alice reached Red Bay regions reindeer sailed scurvy ship shore sledges sloop Smeerenburg snow Spits Spitsbergen Storfjord summer survey Svalbard Sweden Swedish expedition tion tourist travelling Tromsö Valley vessel visited Spitsbergen voyage walrus weather west coast whalers Wiche Islands winter yacht