Word: eiders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...makes four. These that begin with B. Barcelona. Those that begin with M. Marseilles and Mallorca. You mean Palma. Yes P. Palma da Mallorca. . First Capital: Egypt. Second Capital: Rabbit. Third Capital: Fingering. Fourth Capital: Ardently silk. Fourth Capital: Spontaneously married. Third Capital: Camel's hair. Second Capital: Eider Down. First Capital: Chenille...
...Pole, which is farther distant from any port than any other spot in the Arctic, and which for this reason is more difficult of access even than the North Pole itself. Scientifically, there are reasons for supposing that the Ice Pole is surrounded by land. Geese, gulls, eider ducks fly northward from Alaska and Siberia in early summer and return with fledglings. Prevailing winds indicate high ground in the direction of the Ice Pole, as do the Arctic tides as charted by Harris. Whaling stories contribute the authority of legend to the guesswork of science. If there is land...
...ominous, muttering ice-floes of Melville Bay. While the ships were jammed, their crews ventured overside for snow-fights on the floes; for long walks, two miles over the groaning pan ice to the nearest open water. Animal life abounded on the frozen bay-flocks of little auks, eider duck, sportive seals and an occasional roving polar bear. One 800-lb. female bear swung up alongside the Bowdoin, was received with a bullet by MacMillan. Doctors of the party cut out the poisonous liver and brain, the empty stomach, for study...