Across the Vatna Jökull: Or, Scenes in Iceland; Being a Description of Hitherto Unknown RegionsLongmans and Company, 1876 - 202 pàgines |
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... wind exaggerating our discomfort , and assisting the rain to find out the weak places in our mackintosh armour . We next ascended the hills of Hengilsfjall . This volcano ( Hengill ) and its neighbours have given vent to numerous pre ...
... wind exaggerating our discomfort , and assisting the rain to find out the weak places in our mackintosh armour . We next ascended the hills of Hengilsfjall . This volcano ( Hengill ) and its neighbours have given vent to numerous pre ...
Pàgina 19
... wind and the storm , we could stop to admire the grand sweep from the Öræfa to the commencement of the Skeiðará Jökull . Looking back at Nupstað , we saw it enwrapped in gloom , the clouds clustering round the Lóma- gnúpar , ' a ...
... wind and the storm , we could stop to admire the grand sweep from the Öræfa to the commencement of the Skeiðará Jökull . Looking back at Nupstað , we saw it enwrapped in gloom , the clouds clustering round the Lóma- gnúpar , ' a ...
Pàgina 20
... winds . Crossing the river Skeiðará , we reached the Saga- famed Svínafell . Here we stayed to refresh our- selves with the national panacea for the ills of Icelandic travel , namely , a cup of coffee of the real Icelandic brew ! The ...
... winds . Crossing the river Skeiðará , we reached the Saga- famed Svínafell . Here we stayed to refresh our- selves with the national panacea for the ills of Icelandic travel , namely , a cup of coffee of the real Icelandic brew ! The ...
Pàgina 24
... wind blowing . The Jökulsá is quite bad enough , but to have several miles of road converted into quicksand by the di- verted waters of the Jökulsá , and to have new rivers in addition to the advance of the Jökull , is enough to make ...
... wind blowing . The Jökulsá is quite bad enough , but to have several miles of road converted into quicksand by the di- verted waters of the Jökulsá , and to have new rivers in addition to the advance of the Jökull , is enough to make ...
Pàgina 31
... wind now rolled down upon us . I immediately directed two men to prepare some coffee , for we had brought wood for that purpose , while some gave the horses a feed of hay , and others unpacked the burdens they had carried so pluckily ...
... wind now rolled down upon us . I immediately directed two men to prepare some coffee , for we had brought wood for that purpose , while some gave the horses a feed of hay , and others unpacked the burdens they had carried so pluckily ...
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Across the Vatna Jökull: Or, Scenes in Iceland; Being a Description of ... William Lord Watts Visualització completa - 1876 |
Across the Vatna Jökull: Or, Scenes in Iceland; Being a Description of ... William Lord Watts Visualització completa - 1876 |
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