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... reported seeing numerous whales in a large ice - free area in northern Baffin Bay . Later known as the North Water , this was the first polynya to be discovered . Regular whaling voyages occurred from 1819 , and no less than ten ships ...
... reported seeing numerous whales in a large ice - free area in northern Baffin Bay . Later known as the North Water , this was the first polynya to be discovered . Regular whaling voyages occurred from 1819 , and no less than ten ships ...
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... reported lying close by but no recent expedition had been able to locate . Finally , it was to sail westward to annex Peter I Island , to which Great Britain was now understood to make no claim , nor had any other country pursued ...
... reported lying close by but no recent expedition had been able to locate . Finally , it was to sail westward to annex Peter I Island , to which Great Britain was now understood to make no claim , nor had any other country pursued ...
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... reported by Kerguelen . Reported lat- itudes being generally more reliable than longitudes , this strat- egy was widely adopted in hunting for islands whose coordi- nates were uncertain , but the stated longitude was 7 ° too far west ...
... reported by Kerguelen . Reported lat- itudes being generally more reliable than longitudes , this strat- egy was widely adopted in hunting for islands whose coordi- nates were uncertain , but the stated longitude was 7 ° too far west ...
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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