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New lands within the Arctic circle: Narrative of the discoveries of the Austrian ship "Tegetthoff" in the years 1872-1874 — John Shaqi

New lands within the Arctic circle: Narrative of the discoveries of the Austrian ship "Tegetthoff" in the years 1872-1874Payer, Julius

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New lands within the Arctic circle: Narrative of the discoveries of the Austrian ship "Tegetthoff" in the years 1872-1874

Name: New lands within the Arctic circle: Narrative of the discoveries of the Austrian ship "Tegetthoff" in the years 1872-1874
Author: Payer, Julius

Payer, Julius

Admiral Tegetthoff (Ship); Arctic regions; Franz Josef Land (Russia) -- Discovery and exploration

1. The day for abandoning the ship comes.—2. We start.—3. The
  dogs.—4. We return to the ship to replenish the stores.—5.
  Shooting bears.—6. Reach Lamont Island.—7. Return to the ship
  for the jolly boat.—8. Impatience to launch our boats.—9. Launch
  at last.—10. Shoot a seal.—11. Quotations from the journal.—12.
  Crossing fissures.—13. Disheartening efforts.—14. From one floe
  to another.—15. Carlsen.—16. Life in the boats.—17. Our dreadful
  situation.—18. Our rations diminished.—19. Forcing our way.—20.
  Pushing floes asunder.—21. No advance, but great efforts.—22.
  Delight caused by an advance of four miles a day.—23. Secure
  a bear.—24. Our progress greatly increases.—25. Ice-hummocks
  everywhere.—26. Alternate launching and drawing up the boats.—27.
  Increased progress.—28. The swell of the ocean.—29. Shut in once
  more.—30. Contrivances to pass away the time.—31. Calking the
  boats.—32. We reach the open sea.—33. Farewell to the Frozen
  Ocean.

                              CHAPTER III.

  ON THE OPEN SEA                                           _page_ 377-389

  1. Sight of the open sea.—2. Compelled to kill the dogs.—3. We
  take a last look at the ice.—4. Fifty miles from land.—5. We
  sight Novaya Zemlya.—6. We hold on our course.—7. Vain attempt to
  land on Novaya Zemlya.—8. Difference in the climate in various
  years.—9. Land in Gwosdarew Bay.—10. Step on land once more.—11.
  Coast of Novaya Zemlya.—12. Look in vain for a sail.—13. Our
  provisions nearly exhausted.—14. We divide the remnant of
  food.—15. Deliverance at last.—16. The schooner _Nikolai_.—17.
  Our reception on board.—18. We hear the news from Europe.—19.
  Captain Voronin agrees to take us to Norway.—20. The crew of the
  _Nikolai_.—21. We run along the coast of Lapland.—22. Landing at
  Vardö.—23. Reception.

                                APPENDIX.

  I. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS                            _page_ 391-393

  II. DIRECTION AND FORCE OF THE WIND                           _page_ 394

  INDEX                                                         _page_ 395




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


                                                                      PAGE

  TWILIGHT AT MIDDAY—FEBRUARY, 1874                          _Frontispiece_

  THE FIRST ICE                                                         53

  STILL LIFE IN THE FROZEN OCEAN                                        79

  GWOSDAREW INLET                                                       84

  FORMATION OF THE DEPÔT AT “THE THREE COFFINS”                         89

  THE “TEGETTHOFF” AND “ISBJÖRN” SEPARATE                               90

  THE “TEGETTHOFF” FINALLY BESET                                        91

  ATTEMPTS TO GET FREE IN SEPTEMBER                                     94

  SEAL-HUNTING—SEPTEMBER 1872                                           96

  SHOOTING AT A TARGET, OCTOBER 1872                                    97

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