Kamchatkan
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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He demanded promotion or discharge, and withdrew to Finland, where the Czar's Kamchatkan expedition called him from retirement.
From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
On the fifth day after leaving Gizhiga, our small party, increased by a Russian postilion and three or four sledges carrying the annual Kamchatkan mail, drew near the foot of the dreaded Viliga Mountains.
From Tent Life in Siberia by Kennan, George
Our time in Petropavlovsk, after the departure of the Olga, was almost wholly occupied in making preparations for our northern journey through the Kamchatkan peninsula.
From Tent Life in Siberia by Kennan, George
Whether they reached Bering Sea and the Kamchatkan shore before the next epoch of glaciation we do not know.
From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Huntington, Ellsworth
Tea and sugar have been introduced by the Russians, and have been received with great favour, the annual consumption now being more than 20,000 pounds of each in the Kamchatkan peninsula alone.
From Tent Life in Siberia by Kennan, George
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