A voyage to Spitzbergen containing an account of that country, of the zoology of the North; of the Shetland Islands; and of the whale fishery

The nature of the soil is very different. In some places it consists of deep moss, with a sandy bottom; in others the moss is only about a foot deep over a stratum of clay. The...

Mr. Marten has affirmed, that the sun here, at midnight, appears with all the faintness of the moon; but his assertion has not been corroborated by the experience of subsequent...

Seals have a very delicate sense of hearing, and are very much delighted with music. The Captain’s son, who was a good performer on the violin, never failed to have a numerous a...

Unmarried men have another inducement to enter into matrimony; for when government requires a number of men for the Navy, the proprietors take good care to send off those who ar...

An Historical Account of the DUTCH, ENGLISH, and AMERICAN WHALE FISHERIES; some Important Observations on the VARIATION OF THE COMPASS, &c.; and some Extracts from Mr. SCORESBY’...

Their fidelity to each other is said to be very great. Anderson tells us, that having struck one of two whales, a male and female, that were in company, the wounded fish made a...

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Seventeen of these islands are habitable. They are rugged, mountainous, and rocky; the intervening currents deep and rapid; the sea around them turbulent, and at times so much a...

“(_c._) Many of the most prodigious fields are entirely free from abrupt hummocks from one extremity to the other, and field ice, as it appears in general, would be easily palpa...