Arctic Adventure: My Life in the Frozen NorthThe author, a Danish explorer, author, journalist and anthropologist, describes his travels in the Arctic region. |
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Page 254
... ship riding the horizon . Ajago's opin- ion of ships was somewhat jaundiced , however - he could not endure the drinking water from the tanks . He said , and I must agree with him , that it tasted of oil . When he sighted another ship ...
... ship riding the horizon . Ajago's opin- ion of ships was somewhat jaundiced , however - he could not endure the drinking water from the tanks . He said , and I must agree with him , that it tasted of oil . When he sighted another ship ...
Page 317
... ship would be able to reach us this year either . But just as we gave it up , we sighted a boat coming round Cape Athol . Dr. Hovey went almost mad with joy and yelled and shouted like a boy . But the ship brought wild tales of ...
... ship would be able to reach us this year either . But just as we gave it up , we sighted a boat coming round Cape Athol . Dr. Hovey went almost mad with joy and yelled and shouted like a boy . But the ship brought wild tales of ...
Page 463
... ship had been there that year , and the six bottles secured " for medical purposes " had long since disappeared . I told Pedersen that we must go round to Admiralty Bay after my people . He was none too pleased , as the ice in Melville ...
... ship had been there that year , and the six bottles secured " for medical purposes " had long since disappeared . I told Pedersen that we must go round to Admiralty Bay after my people . He was none too pleased , as the ice in Melville ...
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Admiralty Bay Ajago Akrioq Arctic Arnanguaq arrived Asayuk asked bear boat cache Cape York Captain caribou coffee Danish decided Denmark dogs drove Eskimos Etah expedition felt finally fjord friends frozen girl glacier Greenland harpoon heard Hovey Hudson Bay Hudson Bay Company hunter hunting icecap igloo Inlet Island Itukusunguaq Ivigtut kamiks kayak killed knew Knud Rasmussen Krilerneq land later Lauge Koch lived looked Mala meat Melville Bay Mequsaq Mitseq musk-ox narwhale natives Navarana Neqé never Nielsen night once Peary Ponds Inlet reached Repulse Bay returned Saunders Island seal ship shouted skin sledge sleep slept snow soon stopped summer Tassiussak thing thought Thule told took tried trip Upernivik Uvisakavsik wait walked walrus wanted whale wife wind winter woman women Wulff young