. Erzählung von Entdeckung und Abenteuer in den polaren Gewässern und Regionen [microform]: mit Illustrationen von ihrem Klima, Geologie und Naturgeschichte; und ein Konto des Wals - Fischerei. Natural History; Baron. Ich? W316 DEN LETZTEN POLAR VOYAGES. üblich durch eine Suspension von Interesse; und die nördlichen Bereiche gesunken fast zu einem Ganzen Oblivion bis in die jüngste Zeit, in der der Geist der Entdeckung wurde wieder belebt. Die öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit wurde zum ersten Mal zu Ihnen von Herrn Scoresby, der eine praktische Wal gezüchtet - Fischer erinnerte daran, Beobachtungen mit einem mtelligent und wissenschaftlichen Auge gemacht hatte, sehr ungewöhnliche amo

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. Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform] : with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history ; and an account of the whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. I ? w 316 RECENT POLAR VOYAGES. usual by a suspension of interest; and the northern realms sunk almost into an entire oblivion down to the recent period when the spirit of discovery was again revived. Public attention was first recalled to them by Mr Scoresby, who, bred a practical whale-fisher, had made observations with an mtelligent and scientific eye, very unusual among those who pursue a calling so rough and dangerous. In 1806, this gentleman made the nearest approach to the Pole that had as yet been fully authenticated; for the statements of the Dutch and other navigators, who boast of having proceeded farther, are subject to great doubt as to their observations of latitude. At this time he was acting as mate to his father, who commanded a Greenland ship from Hull. Having left Jan Mayen and the Whale Bight, they pushed northwards, when they reached an open sea, so extensive that its termi- nation could not be discovered, and it was believed to stretch four or five hundred square leagues. Arriving at length at a very close field, consisting of bay-ice compacted by drifting fragments, they had recourse to towing, boring, warping, and mill-dolling, —a process which consists in the use of a sort of battering-ram. Having thus opened a path across a very broad barrier, they came again to an open sea, which appeared nearly unbounded, having only the ice on the south and the land on the east. As their object was to catch whales, they chose a west-north-west direction. Swiftly cross- ing the short meridians of this parallel, they soon passed from the 10th decrree of east to the 8th degree of west longitude ; their latitude being 79° 36', and the sea still open on every side. As fish, however, did not appear, they changed their tack, and ran east

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