| 单词 | fiord |
| 例句 | Then there were the fiords and islands of Norway. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z An oil painting of a Norwegian fiord took center stage. Looking to unplug in your own house? Here’s some inspiration 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Coastlines in areas where there has been net sea-level rise in the geologically recent past are commonly characterized by estuaries and fiords. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I booked a private tour of the stunning Milford Sound, a fiord known for its waterfalls and rainforests. L.A. Affairs: What might have happened if we'd gotten that drink? 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z At the mouth of the fiord, the ocean was the consistency of thick slush. Civilization on Ice 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z Beaches and fiords are nearby, as are the expansive Marselisborg Forests.... Denmark’s New Wave 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z The inmates there enjoy a spectacular view—a fiord surrounded by steep, grass-carpeted cliffs. Who’s Killing Off Residents of This Island Nation? Crime Writers 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Figure 17.27 Howe Sound, north of Vancouver, is a fiord with well-defined glacial erosion features. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Wrapping white-knuckle spectacle around a Spielberg-esque domestic drama, the $6-million film, which opens Friday, follows a simple premise: What if an avalanche dumped millions of tons of rock into a fiord, triggering a tsunami? 'The Wave' director sought to make a fiord-disaster movie with heart 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z As we walked back through the town, fog from the fiord wafting through the morning sun, he waved to friends who passed him on the street, in cars and cabs. Civilization on Ice 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z One is a developed northern European nation of 4.7 million people, with a GDP of $265 billion and a geography with far more fiords than forests. Standing Up: Guyana and Norway Partner to Keep Trees Standing 2013-04-26T19:56:17Z He enjoys hunting in fiords for grouse or reindeer. In vote, resource-rich Greenland debates new global role 2013-03-10T13:39:33Z It has more the character of a Norwegian fiord than any other sea loch in Ireland. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z With more than 300 unstable mountainsides and nearly 1,200 fiords, geologists believe the kind of ruination so vividly rendered in "The Wave" is close to inevitable. 'The Wave' director sought to make a fiord-disaster movie with heart 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z The long, treeless fiords, the vertical cliffs of granite and schist, slowly disappeared. Civilization on Ice 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z Deer fiords reach far into the inland ice, terminated only by the sheer walls of giant glaciers. From the Archive, 1912: What We Know About Icebergs 2012-04-10T18:45:00.450Z Payer describes the new land as broken up by numerous inlets and fiords, and surrounded by innumerable islands. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z It has been said by some who have seen almost all the fiords of Norway, that there are few of them superior to the Killaries in everything that constitutes beauty, sublimity, and wildness. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z It was dawn before Redondela was reached, and exquisite as a dream seemed the r�as, the fiords of Galicia, with wooded mountains sloping to their shores. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z The coast line is but a series of fiords and bays. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z They reached the fiord about the end of July, but alas! the big game of the past spring was gone! True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z He was back by noon with the joyful news, ‘The tukkuk dead only two miles up big fiord!’ The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Deep fiords opened out in places; but even these afforded no shelter. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z He is very anxious that we should go on to Norway, see Christiania and some of the famous fiords. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z Under such circumstances, the only perfectly safe anchorage for a vessel was further up the fiord around a bend. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z His mind can be calm and sunny like the water on a summer day in the deep, warm fiords. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z The two Looes, East and West, facing each other across the mouth of the river,—which here looks like the mouth of a river and not a fiord as at Fowey—are easily understood. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z They were running down one of the deep, forest-shrouded inlets which, resembling the Norwegian fiords, pierce the Pacific littoral of Canada. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z They tell us the voyage is enchanting, all in and out of small fiords, islands, and narrow rivers. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z A fiord between the mountains was seen off the starboard bow, and we at once headed in for it. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Peary Channel is only a fiord indenting northeastern Greenland, which extends northward as shown in the attached map of Amdrup Land. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z For the next two and twenty years Denmark’s greatest statesman lingered out his life in a lonely state-prison, first in the fortress of Copenhagen, and finally at Munkholm on Trondhjem fiord. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Our test sample included students from beyond the Arctic Circle, from the fiord country of western Norway and from Trondheim, the former Viking capital. Which Nations Conform Most? 2011-12-01T14:45:05.430Z One minute later we were in a pretty circular harbour, surrounded by high peaks—in fact, a kind of "fiord." Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z In vain the captains cursed; in vain the citizens commanded that the only policeman should be sent for: he was just then out on the fiord, fishing. The Fisher Girl 2011-10-13T02:00:46.980Z As an accompaniment to this vast ice-field come from the glacier fiords of East Greenland most of the enormous icebergs which are sighted and encountered by transatlantic steamships off the banks of Newfoundland. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Almost the only fresh supplies obtained here were rock cod and salmon-trout from Disco fiord. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z To the fisherman this is a token that his cargo has been properly delivered, and he calmly rows back to his wife and child, to his beloved home on the fiord. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z That part of the fiord where the waters escape under the thick forest is called Siegdalen, or the valley of the Sieg—the name of the river. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z The summer night lay gently over town and fiord and distant mountains; from the street the Spanish song sounded again, for the club had gone home with young Yngve Vold. The Fisher Girl 2011-10-13T02:00:46.980Z On the 8th Erichsen started for the southern end of the fiord, thinking that in its ice-free valleys the chances of game would be increased. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Cod-fishing was now in full activity, and the few men not so employed had gone up the fiord to hunt reindeer. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z The shores of East Friesland that border on the North Sea abound with bays, which are used as harbours, and are called fiords. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z The ice in the fiord is an exquisite turquoise, the pine forests are visible only as dim brown streaks. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z She rowed him out into the fiord; then she took him with her on her longer fishing expeditions; and by-and-bye also on the night fishing. The Fisher Girl 2011-10-13T02:00:46.980Z As they were crossing the smooth fiord ice, Br�nlund's keen and practised eye saw far shoreward tiny specks of moving animals, and he shouted loudly "Nanetok!" True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z As the summer advanced, however, the land became bare of snow; it was then that delightful excursions were made inland, up through the long, deep fiords that everywhere indent this coast. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z Between the tall headlands there were fiords cutting far into the interior; arms of the sea, these, winding and twisting back for miles. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The fiord, greedy of its prey, had a loud voice, stunning her by ringing in her ears, as though to swallow her up more surely by coming between her and life. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Thus amid the Norwegian fiords the report of the steamer's single gun becomes a whole broadside, as it is reverberated from the grim and rocky elevations which line that iron-bound coast. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The bodies of the others are in the middle of the fiord. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z You are very weak, and, see, twilight is creeping up from the fiord. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z We were driving for Cardigan Strait, past the fiords into which we had descended from the western seas two weeks before. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z For instance, Duncker, the fisherman, declares that he has seen her plunging into the fiord and coming to the surface in the form of an eider-duck, or walking on the waves during a storm. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z The mourners soon disappeared at the fiord, whence, shortly afterwards, a vessel departed under full sail. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z To the last he maintained a lively interest in Arctic exploration, and ever and again he favored polar research, always with an alternative scheme of his old harbor, Foulke fiord, as the base of operations. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z Then he told Byarnie to pull him away out into the centre of the fiord, and let the boat float as she liked in the sweet sunshine. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z The hardy warriors from the mountains and fiords over the fierce sea are coming. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Wilfrid, you came to request me to resolve equations, to fly on a rain-cloud, to plunge into the fiord and reappear as a swan. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z The vessel soon lay to at a remote part of the fiord, where Ran� and his wife landed, and proceeded in silence to the town. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z At the present time the localized ice-streams from the great central ice-sheet of Greenland are continuing this process of fiord excavation. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Very few of these wonderful fiords, as I have already mentioned, are even known. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z When the ice breaks up in the spring the Eskimo establish their settlements at the head of the fiords where salmon are easily caught. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z The winter of 1799-1800 was one of the hardest in the memory of Europe; the Norway sea froze in every fiord, where the violence of the undertow commonly prevents the ice from forming. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z "Out of the fiord, on his flight to Nyborg," replied a heavy butcher. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z On the Pacific border the downward movement is recorded by the tide-water portions of the Sacramento, Columbia, etc., and the deep picturesque fiords of the Canadian and Alaskan coasts. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Claude used to enjoy those excursions on the fiords very much. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z Ten miles away, at the head of a narrow bay that split the forest-clad mountains like a Norwegian fiord, lived another trader, an English seaman. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z When they had reached the roads of the Siegdahl, and they could proceed without hesitation in a straight line down to the ice on the fiord, Seraphitus spoke. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z He then issued some farther orders respecting; his departure, and again despatched messengers to ascertain whether the town was tranquil, and the road to the fiord unobstructed. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z On the north the excessively rugged Olympic peninsula is bordered by a deep, broad fiord known as the Strait of Fuca. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z They disappeared on being followed by a boat, and the officer in charge, on returning, reported having discovered the inlet to a vast fiord. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z It is fully as picturesque, in some respects more so, for there is no more beautiful bay than the long fiord leading up to Corinth, which passes Patras, Vostitza, and Itea, the port of Delphi. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The spirit of Swedenborg led the father out of the house and out on the fiord, where it left him. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z "You may still overtake her, as she can hardly yet have left the fiord." The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z That fighting fellow, Bugge, a famous man was he: His name was known all over fiord and fell and sea. Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life 2011-02-14T03:00:32.700Z A 32-foot Christmas tree on display and a model train exhibit that winds through mountains and fiords of Norway. 2010-01-01T05:00:00Z For like a fiord the narrow floor is laid Mid-ocean deep to the sheer mountain walls. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 So I might end the matter with one blow by denying you the faculty of understanding God, just as you deny the pebbles by the fiord the faculty of counting or of seeing themselves. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z They were now approaching Skielskioer, where multitudes of people crowded both sides of the fiord, which divides the town into two almost equal parts. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z The estuary itself here seems entirely landlocked, and resembles, in the wild, fantastic outline of the mountains around, a Norwegian fiord, rather than a scene in our own tamer landscape. The Fortunes Of Glencore Heads of the sea fiords lay dismal among crowding glaciers, white cataracts came roaring down through belt after belt of clouds, to where a grim surf battled with black rocks. A Man in the Open The last irruption of salt water happened in 1824, and the fiord was still open in 1837, when some vessels of thirty tons' burden passed through. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology A thin, white haze hung over the heights and dales of the fiord, and the peaks, glittering like stars, pierced above it, giving it the effect of a milky way moving onwards. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z When they reached the castle, they found that the vessel they had seen entering the fiord had, in the meanwhile, arrived. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z On the north the town stood upon a cliff overhanging the Brede fiord; on the east the land fell away precipitously to the sea itself. Hastings and Neighbourhood We shot into a fiord and discovered a brown fishing village which kept sentry over two docks, and a Sikh policeman. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel It consists at present of three literary dialects, those of Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland, and of various local dialects, particularly in secluded valleys and fiords of Norway,175 where, however, the literary language is Danish. Lectures on The Science of Language Castries, the old French town, lies at the head of a deep inlet which runs in among the mountains like a fiord. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses The Vikings—"sons of the fiords"—were undoubtedly the most arrant pirates of all history. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. But at last they permitted me to enter the church here, as a server, and I look out on the fair fiord of Roskilde now. The Sentimental Vikings An Inspector sent a boat-load of Eskimo to a fiord to get some grass for his goats. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North This monstrous wall ended where a narrow and mysterious fiord separates Hoy from a low-hilled island north of it. Memoirs of Life and Literature The long, straight fiord stretched southeast into the heart of the granite range, its funnel shape producing tremendous tides. Alaska Days with John Muir Whoever would see Norway must visit the fiords in a yacht, and not trouble the land much. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. The Professor explained that this arborvit� was ordinarily found about glaciers, and in cool, dim fiords. The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska Or, The Gold Diggers of Taku Pass First came a walk to a wonderful rocky fiord, where the stones that were thrown down rebounded from side to side, and finally landed with a dull thud in some stagnant-looking water at the bottom. The Adventure League Consulting our maps, and pointing to the mouth of some new fiord, we asked him if it would not afford us a short cut to our destination. Memoirs of Life and Literature Where Vancouver saw only a great crystal wall across the sea, we were to paddle for days up a long and sinuous fiord; and where he saw one glacier, we were to find a dozen. Alaska Days with John Muir At the head of some one of these fiords must be found the western terminus. The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways The scenery produced by the green rock-bound fiords with the snowy peaks beyond is truly magnificent. The Beauties of the State of Washington A Book for Tourists The boys were to cross the fiord with them and return in the boat. Love and Lucy Each side of this fiord are green hills, from any one of which are charming views of sea and land. Six Letters From the Colonies As we came up towards the end of the bay the narrowing walls of the fiord compressed the ice until it crowded dangerously around us. Alaska Days with John Muir As they drew near they noticed a little fiord large enough to shelter their boat; they sailed towards it, filled with the fear of finding the captain's body cast ashore by the tempest. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras It would be difficult to over-praise the county of Argyll, with its splendid sea-board, its rugged and impressive peaks, and its unrivalled fiords and lakes. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland They talked of the Folgefond, that mighty snow-field beyond the fiord which the three men intended to traverse in a day or two's time. Love and Lucy Hobart lies about seven miles from the sea, which here runs up into the land like a Norwegian fiord, and at the mouth of the river Derwent. Six Letters From the Colonies The only way to navigate safely that dangerous fiord was to keep ahead of the charging ice. Alaska Days with John Muir At these words the four men started after Duke, in the midst of blinding cinders; they reached the end of the fiord, a little place ten feet broad, where the waves were gently breaking. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras When life was young, my white sail hung O’er ocean’s crystal floor; In the fiords alee was the dreaming sea, And the deep sea waves before. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden Then Brouk at that word so wrathful grew, The keys he into the salt fiord threw. p. 23Twas dismal to hear how with hunger they roared, Each others shoulders they devoured. The Song of Deirdra, King Byrge and his Brothers and Other Ballads We have gained enough money for my mother to put away her iron, and take the little farmhouse by the fiord. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children We had not been able to discover it from the other side as we ascended the fiord. Alaska Days with John Muir I said, "do you intend to tell me you believe that a salute will frighten herrings, from this fiord, or any other fiord, so that they never return?" A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition It looks like a piece of lace-work, so numerous are the inlets or fiords. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden She was rich, she was free, she was young, she was strong; why dawdle and dream among the fiords of Norway? The Rhodesian As the rays of the sun shot over the fiord, he sprang out of bed and ran to the window. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children We groped blindly into unknown, unmapped, fog-hidden fiords and bayous, exploring them to their ends and often making excursions to the glaciers above them. Alaska Days with John Muir After dinner, in the cool of the afternoon, his daughters, two very lady-like and pretty girls, requested me to join an excursion they were about to make across the fiord, to the opposite shore. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition These fiords are many of them surrounded by headlands as high as mountain walls. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden "The Herdsman of the Deep," the Scottish Highlanders used to say, when in winter a loon came to visit their lochs and fiords. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals They extend westward for twelve miles, lying in two groups, separated by a fine salt-water fiord known as Somes Sound. The Book of the National Parks The scene resembles a Norwegian fiord, translated into tropical terms of climate and vegetation. Through the Malay Archipelago Christiania stands low; but the land slopes gradually from the shore of the fiord till it loses itself on the hazy tops of the mountains. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition Down towards the south scenery which not even the fiords of Norway can rival extends from the bluff towards the north. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon Eleven vessels were lost; the remaining fourteen, carrying probably from four to five hundred souls, arrived safely at the head of Igaliko fiord, and began building their houses at the place called Brattahlid. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest To the artist, the poet, and the dreamer it presents vistas of ocean, inlet, fiord, shore, wave-lashed promontory, bog, meadow, forest, and mountain—an answer to every mood. The Book of the National Parks Seeing nothing of the sheep there, we followed the fences around, then looked in several openings which, like bays, or fiords, extended up into the southerly border of the "great woods." When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine Beyond this, nowhere are seen or heard the sights or sounds of man's habitation, and, hushed in painful tranquillity and profound solitude, the interior recesses of the fiord show no signs of life. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition Entirely dressed as she was, she would cast herself from the bank into the strong current of the fiord, and swim out to meet the Viking when his boat was approaching the land. The Sand-Hills of Jutland That island is nearer to Greenland than to Norway, and we know, moreover, that Norse sailors achieved more difficult things than penetrating the fiords of southern Greenland. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest He is evidently in possession of ample funds—he and his companions buy a small vessel, a twenty-ton yawl, in which, they said, they want to cross the North Sea to the Norwegian fiords. Ravensdene Court There are ten other glaciers in Prince William’s Sound which keep its magnificent fiords filled with icebergs which fall from the glaciers, with the sound of thunder. The Boy Scouts on the Yukon She was ten days on her voyage, ascending many of the fiords, landing or taking on board cargo or passengers. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia In less than half an hour they could cross the fiord at Skjærumaa, and from thence they had only a short way to go to Nörre-Vosborg, which was a strong place, with ramparts and moats. The Sand-Hills of Jutland It was fit work for Vikings to penetrate so deep a fiord and find out such a spot, hidden as it is by miles upon miles of craggy and ice-covered headlands. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest He had done a good deal of knocking about by that time, for the Hind was sent out to the coast of Norway, where it was suspected that French privateers used the fiords as hiding-places. With Cochrane the Dauntless But the Emperor, in the remote fiords of Norway, was all the time posted up in the secret designs of the Vienna Cabinet. World's War Events, Vol. I Eight hours later they could make out high land on the starboard bow, and knew that they were approaching the entrance to the fiord. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia The cathedral's slender spires tower over the low town, and are reflected on the surface of the fiord. The Sand-Hills of Jutland At that time, in its climate and general aspect, New York harbour must have been much like a Greenland fiord of the present day. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest We pulled out of the fiord, Maggie and I, and up under lee of the island; then, on rounding the point, we encountered the whole force of the sea and wind. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls On one side the rock rises almost perpendicularly, piercing the sky; while on the other, two thousand feet below us, the torrent hurls itself into black waters of the fiord. The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly He learned that his host was an importer of goods of all kinds, and did the principal trade at Vadsö, besides supplying all the villages on the fiord. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia He hunted down the pirates and destroyed their strongholds in the northern fiords, with none the less zeal because these places were also the last refuge of the old paganism and its Berserker magicians. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Their settlement presently extended over the head of Tunnudliorbik fiord, the next deep inlet to the northwest; they called it Ericsfiord. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest And then, the fiords of Norway, and the mountains? The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive This morning I went down to the fiord. The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The clouds hung too heavily about the land, distant as we were, to see more than the bare outline, but its broken configuration gave good hope of numerous harbours, fiords, and creeks. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 Everywhere about Puget Sound and the adjoining waters are little arms of the sea running up into the land, like the fiords of Northern Europe. Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California It was evidently not the land of fiords and glaciers for which Bjarni was looking. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest Thorstein taught him to swim in the rough waters of the fiord. Viking Tales Then, there are harbours, fiords, lakes, and navigable rivers not directly connected with either of these coasts or with the wonderfully ramified St Lawrence. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways Sweden is a rugged country, its northern part serried by great fiords, its mountains steep and often desolate, its forests thick and many. Historic Boyhoods Perhaps not; but the country's just as beautiful, and I shall see the fiords, if I haven't any adventures there. The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life Opposite Kaksiarsuk, on the western fork of the fiord, the reader will observe a ruined church; that marks the site of Brattahlid. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest Soon other houses were built along the fiords. Viking Tales Yaspard jumped into the boat, hauled up the sail, shoved off, and was soon speeding across the mile of water, which was the broadest bit of that winding picturesque fiord. Viking Boys Deep snows covered hill, rock, and valley, and ice blockaded the fiord. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania It was merely the steady but strong flow of the river, not fifty yards from my bedroom window, speeding from the wooden bridge to the mouth at the fiord, half a mile below. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler It is difficult to say whether these fiords are the most beautiful in summer or in winter. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Two hundred ships lay at anchor in the fiord, looking like strange swimming animals because of their high carved prows and bright paint. Viking Tales When she had disappeared in a curve of the fiord, a tiny punt came out from behind some crags which formed part of the geo. Viking Boys The inhabited parts were along the coast, in the river valleys, and in the vicinity of the fiords, rarely extending farther than fifty miles inland. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania But this particular river can wait, as an excursion is arranged for my first day to another river in a branch fiord, some eight miles distant. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler The eggs of sea-birds might be found in every crevice of the islets in the fiord, in the right season; and they are excellent food. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" In front of it the sea came up into the land and made a fiord. Viking Tales She was cruising about the entrance to the fiord, with the obvious intention of preventing the Osprey from reaching her own lawful domain. Viking Boys Leaving the ships, he chased them among the rocky islands and the sinuous fiords. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania The Midnight Sun is in the fiord, and these ladies and gentlemen are ashore for the day bound for the glacier. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler At two o’clock, when the short daylight was gone, the stars were shining so brightly, that the company who came by the fiord would be sure to have an easy voyage. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" On each side of the fiord high walls of rock stood up and made the water black with shadow. Viking Tales No doubt a safe harbour lay in that neighbourhood, and the Norna was confidently put on another course—one which it was believed led her within the safe arms of a sheltering fiord. Viking Boys As it approaches the ocean it divides into branches which flow down the numerous fiords and valleys into the sea. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania The passengers seemed entranced with their luxurious life and the charms of the fiords they were visiting, and we heard a concert on board that was really first-rate. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler Almost all came by the fiord, for the only road from Erlingsen’s house led to so few habitations, and was so narrow, steep, and rocky, that an arrival by that way was a rare event. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" A ragged wall of rock reached down, and two hundred feet below was the black water of the fiord. Viking Tales “Behold her!” cried Fred, starting up and throwing open the door, from which could be seen the shore and the fiord with its background of noble hills. Chasing the Sun Down the fiord sweep wind and rain; Our sails and tackle sway and strain; Wet to the skin We're sound within. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole After five days' travel by land, sea, and fiord, the Norwegian hotel seems a veritable home, and you are quite ready to be predisposed in favour of bed and board. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler They will make a raft of the logs in the fiord, and either Rolf or Hund will carry them out to the islands when the tide ebbs.” Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Then the men set their sails again and they went past a tongue of land into a broad fiord. Viking Tales Here, on a green slope facing the fiord, were seen the conical tents of the strange people whom they had travelled so far to visit. Chasing the Sun The fiords and islets of west Greenland, the ice-floes and glaciers of Spitzbergen, the tidal phenomena of Hudson's Strait, and the geographical secrets of the far-northern bay were all familiar to him. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole In ascending the fiords the fish creep along within some twenty yards of the shore, and this makes it easy for the native to intercept them. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler Yet, the more messengers and helpers the better; and Erlingsen was rather vexed to see Hund go with alacrity to unmoor the boat, and offer officiously to row the pastor across the fiord. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" So he and a few men got into the rowboat and went along the shore and into all the fiords, but they could not find the pillars. Viking Tales From the end of the lake out of which it flowed, to the head of the fiord or firth into which it ran, the river was one boiling, roaring mass of milk-white foam. Chasing the Sun By the middle of July the North Sea had been crossed, and the three small ships were off the shores of Norway, coasting among the islands and fiords that line that indented kingdom. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Voyaging up the coast and on the Norwegian fiords is delightful indeed in fair weather. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler Erica doubted whether this act of disobedience arose from cowardice, for there were dangers in the fiord, for such as went out as far as the cod. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" In the spring Eric means to give him a farm up the fiord a way. Viking Tales They were sailing up a certain fiord, which most of the people on board supposed was only about a mile broad. Chasing the Sun Presently we ran back into the maze of fiords and land-locked lakes, and resumed the same old round of daily and nightly experiences. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska In the afternoon, when the Domino is fairly on her northern course, and when the fiord landscapes should be a delight, we are in a gale, with incessant rain. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler “The north—just at the narrow part of the fiord, where one can see into the holes of the rocks opposite.” Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" The fiords, so common in these countries, are old river valleys which have been drowned by the sinking of the land. The Western United States A Geographical Reader On another occasion they landed at the head of a remote fiord, where the natives seldom had the chance of seeing strangers, and were, therefore, overjoyed to receive them. Chasing the Sun My father then went to the place where the greatest number of people were met in the fiord, but nobody would buy any of his skins. The Norsemen in the West About a week since there was a big storm, during which the thunder rolled amongst the mountains, and the lightning flashed upon the face of the fiords. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler See, madam, the fiord is as smooth as a pond.” Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" The path ran in the direction of the hayfields that bordered the fiord. Erling the Bold One day they were out on an excursion of this kind, and had rowed towards the mainland, and up a fiord. Chasing the Sun “We were taken prisoners two years ago by vikings from Norway, when visiting our father in a village near the Forth fiord.” The Norsemen in the West At eight on Tuesday morning we are on board one of the smaller type of fiord steamers, with three rod boxes amongst the luggage, some battens piled on deck, and a moderate complement of passengers. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler And she shall have my cap, and then there is not an eye along the fiord that can tell whether she is man or woman.” Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" In the course of several days Hauskuld and his men arrived at the small fiord near the head of which stood the dwelling of Atli. Erling the Bold Well, to settle this point the yacht was sailed straight across the fiord, and the breadth, measured by the log, was found, as in the former case, to be about five miles. Chasing the Sun So saying, Heika went off to Leif’s wharf, loosed the boat which he found there, hoisted the sail, and dropped down with the tide to the mouth of the fiord. The Norsemen in the West It is at the upper fork of what is termed Lynn Canal, the most extensive fiord on the coast. Klondike Nuggets and How Two Boys Secured Them A hundred pirates in the fiord would not make her tremble as she trembled last night. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Once again Horlingdal with its fiord was the scene of an assembly of armed men, but this time the concourse was grander, because much greater, than on a previous occasion. Erling the Bold Here we could plainly see the formation of these valleys, abrupt at the end and like a circus, not made by streams descending, but like creeks and bays of a gigantic fiord. Southern Arabia Away in the distance lie the clear waters of the fiord of Forth, and the background of Scotia’s highland hills mingling with the sky. The Norsemen in the West As we stood on the beach, we could see the walruses blowing like whales as they came up the fiord, and our friends eagerly paddling out towards them. Peter the Whaler There was a fire glancing and gleaming and quivering over the water, some way down the fiord. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" The schoolroom was the hermit’s hut on the cliff which overlooked the fiord. Erling the Bold But at the end of half a mile sails had to be lowered, for a barrier of ice extended right across the fiord, and any further search would require to be performed on foot. Steve Young You know that when in Greenland we were often sent out beyond the fiord to fish and to hunt the walrus and the seal—sometimes in large, sometimes in small, boats. The Norsemen in the West The Esquimaux location was on the shore of a little bay, opening on a deep fiord to the south. Peter the Whaler Another said he would not go till he had looked abroad over the fiord for some chance of seeing the boat. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" It came off the land, and swept down the fiord, lashing its waters into seething waves. Erling the Bold “I suppose so, boy,” said the captain, who was looking ahead for the opening through which the Hvalross was to thread her way out from the fiord into the ocean; “but where is your geography?” Steve Young Max drew in a long breath, and gazed straight before him at the sea, and then to right and left of the fiord through which they were rapidly sailing. Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai “Drowned, my liege, in the fiord, as I had been but for your gracious help.” Boycotted And Other Stories He showed the fragment of the cut thong in proof of the boat not having loosed itself, and set off for a point on the heights which he said overlooked the fiord. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Meanwhile, Jarl Rongvold, go thou with Rolf, and bring round the Dragon and the other longships to the fiord, for I mistrust the men of this district, and will fare to the Springs by sea.” Erling the Bold There, I think I can make out one of the fiords now. Steve Young They must locate some break nearer than the fiord, down which they had come. Storm Over Warlock The summer sea lashed furiously against the rocks, and far up the fiord the angry breakers rushed in, so that no boat could live upon their surface for an hour. Boycotted And Other Stories Both rowers looked down the fiord, and uttered an exclamation at the same moment. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" “And pray, what surety have I that thou wilt not upset me in the fiord?” asked Erling, laughing. Erling the Bold “You don’t know that the ice-floes jammed up the mouth of the fiord after we were in.” Steve Young On the third day they came down to one of those fiords which tongued inland, fringing the coast. Storm Over Warlock On either side of it glittered the blue fiord, dotted with numberless islets, throwing its long arms far inland. Boycotted And Other Stories The west wind is, in winter, the great foe of the fishermen of the fiords: it brings in the fog from the sea, and the fogs of the Arctic Circle are no trifling enemy. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" All is impressively still on mountain and fiord. Erling the Bold We’re going to have a run across the fiord in the moonlight. Steve Young Shann glanced with new interest at the green water surging in wavelets along the edge of the fiord. Storm Over Warlock Not even a fisherman’s hut on the shores of the fiord, or a woodman’s shed among the trees. Boycotted And Other Stories Erlingsen kept a keen and constant look-out upon the fiord, in the midst of all the occupations and gaieties of the rest of the winter. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Then let us throw off at once, and together, so that none go on before the rest of the ships, and none lag behind when we row out of the fiord. Erling the Bold “You steamed up this fiord, of course?” said Captain Young. Steve Young Open to the sky the crevice proved a doorway to a narrow valley, not unlike those which housed the fiords, but provided with a thick growth of vegetation well protected by the high walls. Storm Over Warlock So passed many a weary month in the Tower of the North-West Wind, when one bright summer day a little fleet of English ships sailed gaily up the fiord under the castle walls. Boycotted And Other Stories You think me as helpless, under Nipen’s breath, as the poor infant that put out into the fiord the other day in a tub.” Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" The scalds ceased, to some extent, those wild legendary songs and tales with which they had beguiled the winter nights, and joined the Norsemen in their operations on the farms and on the fiords. Erling the Bold That’s safety for us if we can steam there, for we should be sure to find some cove or fiord, and shelter from the pressure of the ice.” Steve Young Those heights had as many hiding places as the fiord country. Storm Over Warlock Out on the fiord all they possessed in the world was being mercilessly carried away. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Do promise me not to go more than four miles down the fiord. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Meanwhile do thou get ready the ships under thy charge, and send Hauskuld in a swift boat with a few chosen men south to Horlingdal fiord. Erling the Bold There are two fiords that appear to be just right if we can reach them; but I cannot make out anything for certain yet. Steve Young The stream would take the fugitives to the sea where fiords cut the coastline into a ragged fringe offering a wealth of hiding places. Storm Over Warlock To the east he has the coast of Chile, with its countless reefs and islands and deep fiords, and above it rises the snow-capped crest of the Andes. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Really, love, I should like to prove to you how safe the fiord is to one who knows every nook and hiding-place from the entrance up. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" On the fiord, too, the same activity and concentration prevailed, though not quite to the same extent. Erling the Bold The intense cold which accompanied the storm had passed, and there in the sheltered fiord the air felt, by comparison with that which they had gone through, quite salutary. Steve Young Thorvald brought over the map, his black-rimmed nail tracing a route down one of the fiords, slanting out to indicate a lace of islands extending in a beaded line across the sea. Storm Over Warlock They rose and looked out on the fiord. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. There were a few habitations scattered along the margin of the fiord; and two or three boats might be seen far off, with diminutive figures of men drawing their nets. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" These were more sombre than those on the fells, because the sun had set to them by reason of the towering hills, and the fiord was shrouded in deepest gloom. Erling the Bold “Any one would think that all we had to do was to steam right on till we were opposite the fiord, and then turn to the right and go in at once.” Steve Young But we must conclude, and do this by expressing our hearty thanks to him for this admirable history of fiords and other forms of inlets of the sea. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology While at table a sentinel brought in the alarming news that a large fleet of ships was sailing up the fiord. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. M. Kollsen began to be anxious to be on the other side of the fiord. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Soon the oars were dipped in the fiord, and the sails were set, for a light favourable wind was blowing. Erling the Bold The morning was glorious, and as they rowed north the various turnings of the fiord soon shut out all view of the Hvalross. Steve Young But it is a very long haunt, some 150,000 miles, winding in and out by bay and fiord, estuary and creek. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told She hid on a little island in the Rand fiord, and here was born the son who was afterwards to become one of Norway's most famous kings. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. O, you mean the pirates; they are far enough from our fiord, I suppose. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" He hid himself in the bushes at a jutting point which they had to pass, and from which there was a magnificent view of the valley, the fiord, and the distant sea. Erling the Bold There are many reasons why it is possible for the mass of ice at the bottom of the fiord to give way. Steve Young Long after the crowd had dispersed, two figures leaned on the battlements of the bridge that spanned the fiord higher up near the great house. My New Curate Magnus, afloat with twenty-six ships and over three thousand men, learned of this and pursued his enemy into the fiord. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. No. Hund was quite alone, pulling with all his might down the fiord. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Erling meanwhile hurried towards one of the cliffs overlooking the fiord. Erling the Bold Lastly, sir, I think it very likely that we shall find your friends in one of the sheltered fiords along the coast.” Steve Young The live glacier is simply a river of ice pouring down precipices and into gorges and fiords. The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier He had sailed up the Nore fiord with a few ships and a small force of men, to punish some parties who had killed his prefect. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. He was answered by a similar croak, and a large raven was seen flying homewards over the fiord for the night. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" While these rowed away over the fiord to the Springs to make war or peace—as the case might be—with King Harald, a disappointed spirit was left behind in Horlingdal. Erling the Bold You have a sound ship here in this fiord, well provisioned, and with plenty of fuel, besides having a doctor to take care of you. Steve Young Many hundreds at a time are thus frequently driven ashore and killed, when a herd enters one of the bays or fiords of the Faeroe Islands or north of Scotland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Though caught in a trap Harold was not dismayed, but gave orders to sail to the inner end of the fiord. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. Here was the very worst danger that Erica had feared—worse than finding the boat gone—worse than meeting it in the wide fiord. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Erling could therefore see far and wide over the fiord, as well as if it were the hour of noon. Erling the Bold The outside must always be weakening, and the pressure on the inner increasing by the constant flow of water into the fiord, which is rising day by day. Steve Young Almost without warning, the ship was found to be entering the estuary of a narrow fiord. The Captain of the Kansas Having beaten his rival in a naval battle, he entered the long and narrow Lim fiord to plunder the land, fancying that Sweyn was in no condition to disturb him. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. Not to those who know the fiord as I do. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" About a hundred yards upstream it flowed out of a rugged pass in the mountains or cliffs which hemmed in the fiord. Erling the Bold We should then turn this fiord into a lake, which would, sooner or later, burst down its southern bank.” Steve Young Thriving pleasant town at the head of the fiord. The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway Sweyn, learning where his foe was, gathered what ships he could and took post at Hals, the fiord being there so narrow that a few ships could fight with advantage against a much greater number. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. When tired of their fruitless search they returned to the schooner, ready to report to the master that the fiord was enchanted. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" As he spoke, a loud cry, as if of men in conflict, arose from the fiord. Erling the Bold I daresay we shall find the fiord covered with ice in the morning. Steve Young At short intervals the massive cliffs were wrenched apart to make room for narrow fiords, of unknown depth, that penetrated for miles into the land, where they formed intricate mazes of placid waterways. Under the Great Bear Thereupon he took a boat and rowed away, saying as he passed: "Twenty outlaws are at haven in the fiord; with them I fare southward, and ere eventide shall Hiordis be childless." The Vikings of Helgeland The Prose Dramas Of Henrik Ibsen, Vol. III. At present, they were so chilled with the melted snows that were pouring down from every steep along the fiord, that he doubted the safety of attempting to swim at all. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" While he was yet in the midst of his discourse the door of the hall was burst violently open, and one of the serving-girls, rushing in, exclaimed that the Danes were approaching from the fiord! Erling the Bold I am going up the fiord in one of the boats directly after. Steve Young The head of the fiord having been reached, the trail now left the sheltering timber and struck across an open country, which was also extremely rugged, abounding in hills and hollows. Under the Great Bear I jumped to the up-standers of the flying sledge, leaving Egingwah to throw himself on it and get his breath, and away we went, wild with excitement, across the snow-covered surface of the fiord. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club He could see now a long strip of the fiord,—a perspective of waters and of shores, ending in a lofty peak still capped with snow, and glittering in the sunlight. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Having learned that morning that Danish vikings had been seen prowling among the islands near the fiord, she turned aside to enquire the news. Erling the Bold Yes, my lad, more than rather, for there was a thin film of ice on the fiord till the sun touched it. Steve Young All that day they pushed steadily forward almost without a pause, holding a westerly course to pass around a deep fiord that penetrated far inland, and might not yet be crossed with safety. Under the Great Bear He was pointing excitedly toward the center of the fiord, and following the direction of his finger we saw a cream-colored spot leisurely moving toward the mouth of the fiord—a polar bear! The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club As their vessel lay higher up in the fiord than the islet, they were on the opposite side from the crevice, and could not see from whence the smoke issued. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" It here found rest in the level fields of Ulfstede, that lay at the head of the fiord. Erling the Bold “I say, Johannes,” he said at last, “what about the ice down at the opening of the fiord—will it give way this year?” Steve Young To the left, far below, an extensive fiord landscape, with high ranges in the distance, towering one above the other. John Gabriel Borkman The bear had heard us, and was making for the opposite shore of the fiord with prodigious bounds. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club He did not for a moment think of going by the fiord, short and easy as it would have been in comparison with the land road. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" He straightened himself out after the manner of a bad child that does not wish to sit on nurse’s knee, and went into the blue fiord, head foremost, like a javelin. Erling the Bold A heavy drowsiness now fell upon the Norsemen, in the Saga, till a "sudden scream came to them, and a countless host from up the fiord came in skin boats and laid themselves alongside." Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. Can you see the smoke of the great steamships out on the fiord? John Gabriel Borkman Ever since April, 1902, when I had looked around the angle of Cape Hecla into the unexplored depths of this great fiord, I had had a longing to penetrate it. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club While yet the sun was sparkling on the fiord, and glittering on every farm-house window that fronted the west, all around was as still as if the deepest darkness had settled down. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Thus admonished, Thorer quickly left the forge; and a few seconds later the clanking tread of armed men was heard as Erling’s followers took their way to the fiord. Erling the Bold Here he trafficked with the people, the first he had met, except the Finn hunters, since leaving his fiord. Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. His homestead lies behind the headland, on the other side of the fiord. The Feast at Solhoug Then the wind caught her, whirling her right about; but in she went, stern foremost, like a fish, between the narrow walls of a fiord to the quiet shelter of a land-locked lagoon. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade The herons had left their stand on the several promontories of the fiord, and the flapping of their wings overhead was no more heard. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Before arriving at Ulfstede his attention was attracted and his step arrested by the sight of a warship creeping along the fiord close under the shadow of the precipitous cliffs. Erling the Bold Thorwald's men captured and killed eight of them, but one escaped "to where within the fiord were several dwellings like little lumps on the ground." Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. Then a voice rang out o'er the fiord so blue; And the carven angels, the whole church through, Turned round, methought, to listen thereto. The Feast at Solhoug Across any fiords on the coast such as the Ferrar Glacier Inlet. South with Scott I only know that we live in an enchanted place, here by this fiord, and that the spirits try to make us answer for their doings. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Erling said this sternly, for he had no liking for Swart, who was a notorious character, belonging to one of the neighbouring fiords—a wild reckless fellow, and, if report said truly, a thief. Erling the Bold I walked homeward with him, and as we approached the fiord looking down and over to the opposite shore we saw a few straggling huts and one two-story house under construction. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Down by the fiord a friend I know; He'll find us a ship. The Feast at Solhoug The waters were calm and blue—very different from the white and angry waves of Norss's native fiord. Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse He was seen fishing on the fiord, in that poor little worn-out skiff. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" In the afternoon of a calm day he reached the fiord at the head of which were the Springs and Swart’s dwelling. Erling the Bold The old isolation of fiord from fiord and dale from dale was breaking down. History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 It is not merely that Ibsen's social dramas are all of them intensely Norwegian, peopled solely with natives and having the fiords ever present in the background. Inquiries and Opinions There is no rum in the Dutchman, but the atmosphere, terror and mystery of the seas and rocky fiords of Norway are all there; and it was these that inspired the Dutchman. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas That was his answer when I begged him not to go so far down the fiord: but Rolf always had an answer when one asked him not to go into danger. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" The enemy did not await the result of the order, but pulled out into the fiord as fast as possible, while Swart ran down to the edge of the water and assisted Alric to land. Erling the Bold On the fiord the wind had nearly gone down, but it blew from the west, and to reach the entrance to the harbor they were obliged to use their oars. The Waif of the "Cynthia" What they loved was a fiord, a strait, a peninsula, an island. Science in Arcady Yet when the very ship described in the "old ballad," sung in the second act, sails into the fiord with its blood-red sails and black masts, no one evinces the faintest astonishment. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas She dashed the tears from her eyes, and looked behind her, at the entrance of a ravine which would hide her from the fiord and the dwelling she had left. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" They had proceeded some distance down the fiord before their pursuers observed them. Erling the Bold "You only seem to be in your element when you are on the borders of the fiord or on the open sea." The Waif of the "Cynthia" Whenever there was a habitable fiord, a settlement grew up, and the stream of immigrants was for a while constant and considerable. Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 The curtain rises on a rocky Norwegian fiord where a sailing-vessel has found shelter from a storm that is raging on the open sea. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas It was not too far down to be seen from an elevation like this; but it was hidden behind the promontories by which the fiord was contracted. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Everyone looked with intense earnestness at the black line that stretched completely across the mouth of the fiord, and each gave it as his opinion that it was a boom. Erling the Bold "I saw that as we rode along; but the best of them are not as wide as that which borders the fiord of Noroe," answered Erik. The Waif of the "Cynthia" It lifts the sea and pours it into every river and fiord of the coast. Among the Forces A country where the mountains are impassable, and the fiords the only roads, just suited his taste. The Life of Froude I do so very much want to fly abroad, just for once, over the fiord. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" He immediately ordered his ship to be cut loose, and his was among the first to escape round the southern point of the fiord, just before the battle ended. Erling the Bold In a few seconds they were scattered around the blue waters of the fiord, where might be seen also the turf roofs of the village of Noroe. The Waif of the "Cynthia" The Atlantic seaboard has the same myriads of islands, is magnificently bold, is pierced by fiords unexcelled in Norway, and crowned by mountains higher than any others east of the Rockies. Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador An Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation at Quebec, January, 1911 "By your leave," said Ebbe, "I have spent some time in watching your ships upon the fiord; and the ship in my mind was the White Wolf." The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales “Why there is such a procession of boats on the fiord, that you would suppose there were three weddings happening at once.” Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" “What may yonder line on the water be?” said Haldor, with an anxious look, as he pointed towards the mouth of the fiord. Erling the Bold In the fiord, which was usually as calm as a well in a court-yard, the most terrible tempest raged; the waves were enormous and came and went, breaking against the shore with a deafening noise. The Waif of the "Cynthia" So I came to my mother's place first of all, and full of joy and pleasant thoughts was I as we sailed into the well-remembered fiord to seek the little town at its head. King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet "Give me rather," said the Norwegian barque from Christiansund, "a fiord with forests running straight up to the snow mountains, and water so deep that no ship's anchor can reach it." The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales The boats had all drawn to shore on the northern side of the fiord, where, no doubt, the bishop had a visit to pay before proceeding to Erlingsen’s. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" I see a breeze just off the mouth of the fiord. Erling the Bold Mr. Hersebom went most often to the western coast of a large island which was about two miles distant, beyond the entrance to the fiord. The Waif of the "Cynthia" These belts of coast line consist of the most glorious mountain scenery—lofty peaks, profound ravines, long valleys, precipices and cliffs, vast glaciers, winding fiords often running 100 miles into the interior, and innumerable islands. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. "I can yet find a dozen such along the fiord," I answered. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales “Yes, and several other things: he asked whether I had ever heard that the islets in the fiord were so many prison-houses.” Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" As Erling rowed towards the shore he could see that all the loose vessels of the fleet were flying up the fiord, pursued by a few of the loose vessels of the enemy. Erling the Bold The envelope also contained three pretty flowers, gathered on the borders of the fiord, and their perfume seemed to bring back vividly to Erik his gay and careless childhood. The Waif of the "Cynthia" After passing Hackenoes, a tiny hamlet of two or three houses, built upon a rocky promontory laved by the narrow fiord into which the Maan empties, the lake begins to widen rapidly. Ticket No. "9672" He knew the rugged little land and the sparkling fiords; his imagination had delighted in Necken and Hulder and trolls, and all the charming fantastic sprites of the Northland. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 You say, sometimes, grandfather, that you can pull a good stroke with the oar still: and I can steer as well as our master himself: and the fiord never was stiller than it is to-day. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Thy father has met his desert, then, for he now lies at the bottom of the fiord.” Erling the Bold The fiord had hardly resumed its ordinary placidity, after the passage of the hurricane, when they borrowed a boat of one of their neighbors, in order to go in search of him. The Waif of the "Cynthia" Like all cities situated upon the water's edge, and upon fertile hills, Christiania is extremely picturesque, and it would not be unjust to compare its fiord to the famous Bay of Naples. Ticket No. "9672" Then Mrs. Feversham proposed a side trip along Columbia glacier and into College fiord. The Rim of the Desert The story of his disappearance had spread through the whole region; and there was not a fisherman on the fiord who had not, by this time, given an opinion as to how he was drowned. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" With Haldor the Fierce, on the other hand, there was a goodly force of men and ships; for the whole south country had been aroused, and they came pouring into the fiord continuously. Erling the Bold Twelve years ago I was fishing near the island at the entrance of the fiord, near the open sea. The Waif of the "Cynthia" In short, Dal is in the Telemark, the Telemark is in Norway, and Norway is in Switzerland, with thousands of fiords that permit the sea to kiss the feet of its mountains. Ticket No. "9672" I can't tell you how fine it is in that upper fiord; big peaks and ice walls growing all around. The Rim of the Desert You can show him your enchanted island down in the fiord, and see if he can lay the ghost for you.” Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Death will be abroad on the fiord, more than willing to be courted by all who choose to woo him. Erling the Bold Erik would have liked to have kept Otto at least, but he preferred his fiord, and thought that there was no life preferable to that of a fisherman. The Waif of the "Cynthia" The young sailor seemed as much at home in the fields as in the fiords, and never lagged behind unless it was to keep his cousin Hulda company. Ticket No. "9672" This massive cheer reverberated round the field like the echoes of a battleship's broadside in a fiord. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories The pirates having once entered the upper reach of the fiord, might thus be prevented from ever going back again, and from annoying any more the neighbourhood which they had so long infested. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" For three long years I followed in his track -- to the frozen shores of Iceland, and into every vic and fiord in Scandinavia. The Thirsty Sword She bloomed like some wild flower, that, growing beside the fiord, had been transplanted by her old master, and cultivated and cherished in his little garden behind the school. The Waif of the "Cynthia" The steamer glided up the fiord towards a cloud of black smoke ahead. Kimono Gigantic, blood-stained footsteps, leading directly from the festive hall to the sluggish waters of a deep mountain lake, or fiord, furnished the only clew to their disappearance. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art Our fiord is deep; perhaps as deep as they say. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" The sounds or fiords of the south-west are perhaps the loveliest series of gulfs in the world. The Long White Cloud Around their dreary winter world The great ice-kraken dimly curled The white seas of the frozen zone; And like a mighty lifted shield The hollow heavens forever shone On gleaming fiord and pathless field! The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland "That quiet home on the western fiords reeks with it." Ashton-Kirk, Investigator The pine-trees themselves are mighty trees, beautiful to the painter's eye; splendid green grass plains lie stretched before us, and the fiord rolls its green, deep waters close past, as if it were a river. Pictures of Sweden Not a man could be spared from the shores of the fiord, till the affairs of the pirates should be settled. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" On the sea side of the mountains the fiords rival the lakes in depth. The Long White Cloud Sometimes fuel is piled on rafts, ignited, and allowed to drift blazing across the fiords in the darkness of night. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul They sail up the fiords, they ride in stolkjoerres over the country, they climb mountains, they visit old churches, and they dine with the Prince of Wales on board the royal yacht Osborne. Lives of Girls Who Became Famous At Mem we are again down by the salt fiord: a solitary tower raises its head between the remains of low, thick walls—it is the ruins of Stegeberg. Pictures of Sweden Hund was seen with the pirates, acting with and assisting them, when they committed various acts of thievery on the shores of the fiord. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Coming from Gaul or Spain, the Sons of Milid landed in one of the great fiords that penetrate between the mountains of Kerry--long after so named from the descendants of Ciar. Ireland, Historic and Picturesque While camp was being made, Joe the hunter climbed the mountain wall on the east side of the fiord in pursuit of wild goats, while Mr. Young and I went to the glacier. Stickeen Nana lived in a little alley which was like a fiord of peace running in from the shrill storm of the Brown Borough. This Is the End Now at Yule-tide sat he feasting on the shore of Drontheim fiord, And his stalwart swains about him watched the bidding of their lord. Christmas in Legend and Story A Book for Boys and Girls In a few hours many of the people were gone for the present,—some being wanted at home, and others for the expected affair on the fiord. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" These raids had little connection with each other; they were the outcome of individual daring, mere boat's-crews from one or another of the Northern fiords. Ireland, Historic and Picturesque We were bottled up at the head of the fiord as completely as if we had been behind prison bars. Pellucidar Beautiful scenery surrounds the entrance to the fiord. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography Men come to the City during this week, it is true, but their thoughts are elsewhere—on the moors, on the blue sea, on the glacier or the fiord, or the pleasant German pine forests. The Market-Place The fog and the pirates had overtaken and frightened many in the fiord with whom Nipen had no quarrel. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Beyond it the road passes towards the sunset through mountain-shadowed glens, coming out at last where Kenmare River opens into a splendid fiord towards the Atlantic Ocean. Ireland, Historic and Picturesque The battle was short, for scarce had their first wild whoop reverberated through the rocky fiord, and they had closed upon me, than a hairy mass of demoniacal rage hurtled among us. Pellucidar As they got nearer the island, which was not more than eight or ten miles in circumference, the navigators noticed a tiny fiord, just large enough to harbour their boat, and made towards it immediately. The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras I have heard that there lives a great viking in Salten fiord who is skilled in sorcery. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age They were to hire a yacht, select a merry party, and spend July and August sailing and fishing in the cool fiords of that picturesque land. A Knight of the Nets Word seems to have been carried to the wild hills and fiords of frozen Scandinavia that here was booty in abundance, and the pirate hordes came down in swarms. Ireland, Historic and Picturesque After emerging from the fiord, I paddled southward along the coast, where presently the lofty cliffs gave way to lower and more level country. Pellucidar They all four rushed forward, in spite of the blinding cinder-dust, and came to the far-end of a fiord, where they discovered the dog barking round a corpse wrapped in the British flag! The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras So many vessels and warriors had never before been seen together in the fiords. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age On clear moonlight evenings she could descry a little strip of the fiord between two high houses. Tales of Two Countries They found their way, we saw, as far northwards as the coast of Scotland, the Western Isles, and distant Norway over the foam, where the long fiords and rugged precipices gave them a congenial home. Ireland, Historic and Picturesque The way was most difficult, since shortly after leaving the river I encountered lofty cliffs split by numerous long, narrow fiords, each of which necessitated a considerable detour. Pellucidar They are very deep, narrow fiords, running into the high mountains, that here come close to the shore, and are much visited now for the sake of the grandeur of the scenery. Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World At the mouth of Salten fiord he encountered foul weather, and was forced to lie there storm stayed for many days. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age So numerous are the fiords, or inlets of the sea, that the total length of the coast approximates twelve thousand miles. Early European History Restlessly, apprehensively, he paced the verandah, anxiously watching fiord and Sound on the side where Stockholm lay, so as to sight the steamer as soon as she came into view. Married The cliff itself offered me nothing, so I swam toward the mouth of the fiord. Pellucidar To the right there are only a few single trees, between which the fiord is visible. Little Eyolf So Olaf made no delay, but weighed anchor again and rowed east into the sunlit fiord. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age When finally Paulsberg and his wife arrived, they all went aboard and were soon tacking out the fiord. Shallow Soil The next morning, about two hours after leaving our thorny camp, we rounded a great mountain rock nearly a mile in height and entered the Taku fiord. Travels in Alaska Part of the passage of the fiord is very narrow among the small islands, and the water very deep. Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir Oh, Alfred, don't sit staring out over the fiord! Little Eyolf And at last she took refuge on a certain islet in the middle of Rand's fiord, and lay hidden there for many days. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age The steamer slid quietly out into the fiord. Shallow Soil I counted some forty-five altogether, big and little, in sight from the canoe in sailing up the middle of the fiord. Travels in Alaska The belief in witchcraft has always had its stronghold among the fogs and gloomy fiords of the North. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne The boys saw her row out over the fiord. Little Eyolf Southward he sailed, and as he came in turn to fiord after fiord many vikings and wealthy warriors joined him with their ships. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age But so far was he from suspecting the true condition of affairs that on the very last afternoon in London he bought her a little present, a carriage for her fiord pony on Torahus. Shallow Soil We reached the head of the fiord now called Taylor Bay at five o'clock and camped near an immense glacier with a front about three miles wide stretching across from wall to wall. Travels in Alaska The stormy fiord which had usurped the ancient track of the river was about a furlong in width, and troughed with white waves vaulting over. Erema — My Father's Sin Least of all here—with the fiord at my very feet. Little Eyolf Lake Mälar is unique in its way, being made up of a succession of narrow fiords, bays, and inlets. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils An enormous coal-steamer was gliding in from the fiord; masts and rigging pointed skyward everywhere; cargoes were being unloaded along the wharves. Shallow Soil The granite walls of the fiord, though very high, are not deeply sculptured. Travels in Alaska This little book can not by any means more than lift the curtain to view the fields of historical and literary interest and the wondrous life lived in the deep fiords of Viking land. Norwegian Life I pulled them in the tarn—where it flows out into the fiord. Little Eyolf The wild geese flew on, but instead of the narrow Mälar fiords and the little islands, broader waters and larger islands spread under them. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils I made an army for you then, the peer of all war lords, I smiled the night you went away to visit Norway fiords. Rhymes of a Roughneck Wrangell Island and Alaska Summers Wrangell Island is about fourteen miles long, separated from the mainland by a narrow channel or fiord, and trending in the direction of the flow of the ancient ice-sheet. Travels in Alaska His notices of some of these meetings are well worth transcription. 14th--Journeyed about fourteen miles up the fiord, into the mountains, to Aamut in Qvindesdalen. Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel An extensive view over the fiord, which lies deep below. Little Eyolf Then the fiords begin to broaden and separate, they break up fields and woods and then the hillside cannot help but notice them. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Consider, however, what a submarine campaign would be for Great Britain if instead of struggling through this bottle-neck it were conducted from the coast of Norway, where these pests might harbour in a hundred fiords. In the Fourth Year Anticipations of a World Peace Its trends and general sculpture are as distinctly glacial as those of the narrowest fiord, while the largest tributaries of the great glacier that occupied it are still in existence. Travels in Alaska The southernmost of the glaciers that reach the sea occupies a narrow, picturesque fiord about twenty miles to the northwest of the mouth of the Stikeen River, in latitude 56° 50'. The Mountains of California Yes, I am taking my last look out over the fiord. Little Eyolf It was evening when the wild geese came in from the sea; and the land with the little hills lay prettily between the shimmering fiords. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils He knew the maelstroms and the aegir that swept into northern fiords; the thunder and wind and tempest; the coves, safe harbors and retreats. The Warriors The Indian name of this icy fiord is Hutli, or Thunder Bay, from the sound made by the bergs in falling and rising from the front of the inflowing glacier. Travels in Alaska The fiord is called by the natives "Hutli," or Thunder Bay, from the noise made by the discharge of the icebergs. The Mountains of California The next tidings they had of Graham was a letter dated among the fiords and mountains of Norway. His Sombre Rivals Now the fiords were not crowded by the land. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils The bay, with all its inlets and fiords, was still as a church. Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence About noon we began to retrace our way back into the main fiord, and arrived at the gold-mine camp after dark, rich and weary. Travels in Alaska The formation and extension of fiords in this manner is still going on, and may be witnessed in many places in Glacier Bay, Yakutat Bay, and adjacent regions. The Mountains of California If I lose, she must go with me; and there are a few lonely lakes in Norway, a few deep fiords with leaping waterfalls. The Midnight Passenger : a novel The last man sprang on board, the oars dipped in the still water, and as the little fleet moved slowly down the fiord the crowd on shore gradually dispersed. Vandrad the Viking, the Feud and the Spell The coasts are deeply indented with numerous bays and fiords or firths, which, when traced inland, are almost invariably found to terminate against glaciers. Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel Probably the drainage of fifty or more pours into this fiord. Travels in Alaska It will be an ideal trip—and such a comfortable yacht—and the deep blue fiords—and we've got a French chef. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel He looked appreciatively at the river beside them, and ahead at the great shining fiord. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days As the ships drew clear of the fiord, and the boom of the outer sea breaking on the skerries rose louder and nearer, sails were spread and oars shipped. Vandrad the Viking, the Feud and the Spell The earth is cleft open; the fiords are made, and the trap-rocks burst forth. Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel Looking across the fiord the water seems perfectly black, and the two great glaciers are seen stretching dim and ghostly into the shadowy mountains now darkly massed against the starry sky. Travels in Alaska They were making up a party for a summer cruise in Norwegian fiords. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel The thrall started out beside the Wrestler in sullen silence; but before they had gone a mile, his black mood had blown into the fiord. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days A picked crew of chiefs and highborn vassals rowed him slowly down the fiord, while in their wake a fleet of vessels followed. Vandrad the Viking, the Feud and the Spell Moreover Lovborg's allusions to the fiord, and the suggested picture of Sheriff Elvsted, his family and his avocations are all distinctively Norwegian. Hedda Gabler Three large glaciers that once were tributaries still descend nearly to the sea-level, though their fronts are back in narrow fiords, eight or ten miles from the sound. Travels in Alaska The scene is laid in the fiords of Norway. Balzac It lies to the north of the fiord,—beyond a bridge that crosses a river that runs through a valley. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days One day in the season when spring and winter overlap, and the snow melts by day and hardens again over-night, Earl Sigvald returned to Hakonstad from his seat by a northern fiord. Vandrad the Viking, the Feud and the Spell Tore it into a thousand pieces—and scattered them on the fiord—far out. Hedda Gabler The front of the main glacier is not far distant from the fiord, and sends off small bergs into a lake. Travels in Alaska There must be deer farther up the fiord. The Eskimo Twins On one side, the river hurried along in surging rapids; on the other, one could see the broad elbow of the fiord glittering in the sun. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days For two days there was a turmoil of preparation round Hakonstad, and on the third Estein's two warships sailed down the fiord. Vandrad the Viking, the Feud and the Spell I have not torn it to pieces—nor thrown it into the fiord. Hedda Gabler Thus assured, he pushed rapidly on until we entered the fiord, where we had to go cautiously slow. Travels in Alaska Well; ascend the innumerable fiords that indent those sea-beaten shores, and stop at the sixty-fifth degree of latitude. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth From the south a road ran up and crossed theirs, on its way to the fiord. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days They sailed far up the coast, and then, leaving their ship in a northern fiord, struck inland across the mountains. Vandrad the Viking, the Feud and the Spell In another half-hour we were stealing down in quiet water towards the entrance of the fiord. Letters from High Latitudes |
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