Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, & 1823Harper and brothers, 1861 - 302 pages |
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animals appeared arrived banks bears boat bones breeze Cape North Cape Schelagskoj coast cold consists continued Cossacks covered cross direction distance district dogs driftwood east expedition fathoms feet fire fish fresh frozen greater Baranow Rock ground halted hills horses hummocks hunters huts Indigirka inhabitants Irkuzk island Jakuti Jakuzk Jana journey Jukahiri kind Kirensk Kolyma Kosmin Kyber lakes land larch latitude Lena light longitude by reckoning Matiuschkin meridian altitude morning mountains mouth night Nishne Kolymsk noon northern obliged Onkilon open water Ostrownoje ourselves party passed Petersburgh Pillar Island Polar Sea pood proceeded provision-sledges provisions quantity reached reindeer river roubles Russian schamans shelter shore Siberia side skin sledges snow sometimes soon Sredne Kolymsk stone-foxes stream Sucharnoje summer temperature tent thick tion train oil travelling trees tribe Tschuktschi Tundra usually valley weather wersts farther whole wild leeks wind winter