Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: And Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volumen1Harper & brothers, 1840 |
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... became perfectly unmanageable , and was for some time at the mercy of the swell , which drifted us fast to- wards the bergs . All the boats were immediately sent ahead to tow ; and the Griper's signal was made not to enter the ice ...
... became perfectly unmanageable , and was for some time at the mercy of the swell , which drifted us fast to- wards the bergs . All the boats were immediately sent ahead to tow ; and the Griper's signal was made not to enter the ice ...
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... became more and more obvious as we now ad- vanced to the southward , which rendered it not improbable that we were making a very near ap- proach to the magnetic pole . For the purposes of navigation , therefore , the compasses were from ...
... became more and more obvious as we now ad- vanced to the southward , which rendered it not improbable that we were making a very near ap- proach to the magnetic pole . For the purposes of navigation , therefore , the compasses were from ...
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... became very light from the eastward , and the weather continued so foggy that nothing could be done during the night but to stand off - and- on , by the soundings , between the ice and the land . On the 29th , after a few hours of clear ...
... became very light from the eastward , and the weather continued so foggy that nothing could be done during the night but to stand off - and- on , by the soundings , between the ice and the land . On the 29th , after a few hours of clear ...
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... became heated in its passage through the three pipes , from which it was con- veyed through the stovepipe to the men's berths . While this apparatus was in good order , a moder- ate fire produced a current of air of the tempera- ture of ...
... became heated in its passage through the three pipes , from which it was con- veyed through the stovepipe to the men's berths . While this apparatus was in good order , a moder- ate fire produced a current of air of the tempera- ture of ...
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... became shorter and the ground more covered with snow , which gives such a dreary sameness to the country , we erected on all the hills within two or three miles of the har . bour , finger - posts pointing towards the ships . I have ...
... became shorter and the ground more covered with snow , which gives such a dreary sameness to the country , we erected on all the hills within two or three miles of the har . bour , finger - posts pointing towards the ships . I have ...
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afforded amusement animals appeared Arctic Circle Aurora Borealis beach became began boat breeze canoes Cape Captain Lyon Captain Sabine circumstances clear water close coast cold considerable continued course direction distance drift eastward eight P.M. endeavour Esquimaux fathoms favourable feet five floe fore four fresh frostbites gale glaucous gulls Greenland Griper ground half past heavy hill hole hundred yards huts Iligliuk immediately inches inlet Kabloona land length Lieutenant Liddon lying Melville Island miles morning musk-ox navigation nearly night noon northward Northwest Passage o'clock observed occasion officers Okotook party piece Possession Bay present ptarmigan quantity quarter ravine remark Repulse Bay sail scarcely scorbutic seal seen seven ships shore side situation six P.M. sledge snow snowdrift soon Southampton Island southward stones Strait temperature tents thermometer thick tion usual walked weather westward whole wind Winter Harbour Winter Island