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Side 81
... Bering Strait ( Arctic ) One of the most famous locations in exploration history , this strait separates the continents of Asia and North America . The Chukchi Sea lies immediately to its north and the Bering Sea to its south , and ...
... Bering Strait ( Arctic ) One of the most famous locations in exploration history , this strait separates the continents of Asia and North America . The Chukchi Sea lies immediately to its north and the Bering Sea to its south , and ...
Side 82
... Bering Strait was a region of consid- erable strategic sensitivity , with Soviets and Americans facing each other across the narrow channel separating Big and Lit- tle Diomede Islands . One consequence was the relocation to the mainland ...
... Bering Strait was a region of consid- erable strategic sensitivity , with Soviets and Americans facing each other across the narrow channel separating Big and Lit- tle Diomede Islands . One consequence was the relocation to the mainland ...
Side 85
... Bering was able to exercise quite close supervision over the detach- ments surveying the Arctic coast , especially those engaged in charting work to the west and east of the Lena River , for whom Yakutsk served as the logistical center ...
... Bering was able to exercise quite close supervision over the detach- ments surveying the Arctic coast , especially those engaged in charting work to the west and east of the Lena River , for whom Yakutsk served as the logistical center ...
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Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes] William James Mills Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2003 |
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Amundsen Antarctic expedition Antarctic Exploration Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Arctic Ocean attempt August Baffin Island Barents Barrow Beechey Bellingshausen Bering Strait Bernier Biscoe Borchgrevink Bouvet Bouvet Island British Bylot Byrd Cabot Cape Captain Charcot claim Cook crew Davis days later Deception Island discovered discovery dogs East Greenland Edward Ellesmere Island Ellsworth Enderby established expedition's farther north February flight Franklin Franz Josef Land Frobisher further reading Geographical George Gerlache Greenland Ice Shelf Inuit James Clark January John journey King Larsen Located London meters miles mountains named Nansen navigator Nordenskjöld North Pole Northeast northern Northwest Passage Norway Norwegian Parry party Peary polar exploration reached References and further region River Roald Russian sailed scientific Scott sealer seals Shackleton ship sledging Sound South Pole South Shetland Islands southern Spitsbergen station survey Svalbard tion vessel Victoria Land visited voyage Weddell Sea west coast whaling William winter Zemlya