. The trottings of a tenderfoot [microform] : a visit to the Columbia fiords, and Spitzbergen. Hunting; Chasse. NORTHWARD HO! >8i these northern seas than the staunch old knight of St. Olaf, who won his spurs amongst the everlasting ice; who first, as long ago as 1863, sailed round Spitzbergen, and eight years afterwards accomplished the same feat in regard to Novaia Zemlia. He it was who piloted the ill-starred TegethofF, when, all against her will, she discovered Fran? Josef Land, after drifting for two long years at the mercy of the ice. And yet, in spite of his life spent in these weird
. The trottings of a tenderfoot [microform] : a visit to the Columbia fiords, and Spitzbergen. Hunting; Chasse. NORTHWARD HO! >8i these northern seas than the staunch old knight of St. Olaf, who won his spurs amongst the everlasting ice; who first, as long ago as 1863, sailed round Spitzbergen, and eight years afterwards accomplished the same feat in regard to Novaia Zemlia. He it was who piloted the ill-starred TegethofF, when, all against her will, she discovered Fran? Josef Land, after drifting for two long years at the mercy of the ice. And yet, in spite of his life spent in these weird, dreary lands, the veteran ice-pilot is as cheery and bright an old man as you could wish to smoke a pipe with, and a devoted admirer of the ladies to boot. When we passed the LofFotens many of us thought that those wild peaks just tipped with a watery storm-light, through which the clouds came rolling up ragged and brown, were as drear and awesome as any scenery could be, even within the Arctic circle; but when, in the grey morning, the tall peak of Mount Misery rose from cold grey wreaths of II. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Phillipps-Wolley, Clive, 1854-1918. London : R. Bentley
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