 An indisputable proof that what we saw was real ice, is the quantity of mammoths' teeth and bones, which were exposed to view by the melting, and among which I myself found a very fine tooth. We could not assign any reason for a strong smell, like that...  Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections - Page 681907Full view - About this book
 | 1822 - 932 pages
...revolution. The place which, by some accident, had fallen in, and is now exposed to the sun and air, melts away, and a good deal of water flows into the...exposed to view by the melting, and among ' which 1 myself found a very fine tooth. We could not assign any reason, for a strong smell, like that of... | |
 | 1822 - 582 pages
...revolution. The place which, by some accident, had fallen in, and is now exposed to the sun and air, melts away, and a good deal of water flows into the...that what we saw was real ice, is the quantity of mammoth's teeth and bones, which were exposed to view by the melting, and among which L myself found... | |
 | 1822 - 880 pages
...revolution. The place Which, by some accident, had fallen in, and is now exposed to the sun and air, melts away, and a good deal of water flows into the sea. An indisputableproof that what we saw was real ice, is the quantity of mammoths' teeth and bones, which... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pages
...terrible revolutiooThe place which by some accident had fallen jr. and is now exposed to the sun and air, melts away, and a good deal of water flows into the sea. An indisputable proof that what we sav was real ice is the quantity of mammoth's teeth and bones, which were exposed to view by the melting,... | |
 | Frederick William Beechey - 1831 - 532 pages
...terrible revolutionThe place, which by some accident had fallen in, and is now exposed to the sun and air, melts away, and a good deal of water flows into the...proof that what we saw was real ice is the quantity of mammoth's teeth and bones which were exposed to view by the melting, and among which I myself found... | |
 | Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration - 1895 - 532 pages
...revolution. The place which, by some accident, had fallen in, and is now exposed to the sun and air, melts away, and a good deal of water flows into the...proof that what we saw was real ice is the quantity of mammoth's teeth and bones which were exposed to view by the melting, and among which I myself found... | |
 | 1895 - 542 pages
...revolution. The place which, by some accident, had fallen in, and is now exposed to the sun and air, melts away, and a good deal of water flows into the...proof that what we saw was real ice is the quantity of mammoth's teeth and bones which were exposed to view by the melting, and among which I myself found... | |
 | Alfred Geddes Maddren - 1907 - 576 pages
...locality and studying the facts. [A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY INTO THE SOUTH SEA AND BEERING'S STRAITS 1s THE YEARS 1815-18. By Otto von Kotzebue. English translation...exposed to view by the melting, and among which I mvself found a very fine tooth. We could not assign any reason for a strong smell, like that of burnt... | |
 | Claudine Cohen - 2002 - 334 pages
...revolution. The place which, by some accident, had fallen in, and is now exposed to the sun and air, melts away, and a good deal of water flows into the...melting, and among which I myself found a very fine tooth.4 In honor of his discovery, the name Eschscholtz was given to the bay and that of Kotzebue to... | |
 | 540 pages
...mountains along the shore were in fact pure ice, with the surface covered with dirt. Kotzebue wrote, "An indisputable proof that what we saw was real ice,...and among which I myself found a very fine tooth." In 1827 an English expedition under FW Beechey visited the locality, which they named Elephant Point,... | |
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