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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... Boat . - Loss of the Fury's Anchor . - Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.- Anchor in Duckett Cove.- Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking - parties . - Ships proceed through Hurd Channel . - Are drifted by ...
... Boat . - Loss of the Fury's Anchor . - Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.- Anchor in Duckett Cove.- Farther Examination of the Coast by Boats and Walking - parties . - Ships proceed through Hurd Channel . - Are drifted by ...
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... Boats for the purpose of Connecting the shores of Lyon Inlet with that of Gore Bay . - Continuity of the Land determined . - Fresh Detention by the Ice . - Boats carried over Land . - Return to the Ships . - Progress out of the Inlet ...
... Boats for the purpose of Connecting the shores of Lyon Inlet with that of Gore Bay . - Continuity of the Land determined . - Fresh Detention by the Ice . - Boats carried over Land . - Return to the Ships . - Progress out of the Inlet ...
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... boat or ship may pass . LEAD . A channel through the ice . A ship is said to " take the right lead " when she follows a channel conducting her into a more navigable sea , and vice versa . MAKING - OFF Blubber . - The operation of ...
... boat or ship may pass . LEAD . A channel through the ice . A ship is said to " take the right lead " when she follows a channel conducting her into a more navigable sea , and vice versa . MAKING - OFF Blubber . - The operation of ...
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... the 25th , all the boats were kept ahead , to tow the ships through the ice to the westward . It re- mained tolerably open till four P.M. , when a breeze , freshening up from the eastward , caused the ice , 16 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... the 25th , all the boats were kept ahead , to tow the ships through the ice to the westward . It re- mained tolerably open till four P.M. , when a breeze , freshening up from the eastward , caused the ice , 16 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... boats before the ships were immova- bly " beset . " The clear sea which we had left was about four miles to the eastward of us , while to the westward nothing but one extensive field of ice could be seen . It is impossible to conceive a ...
... boats before the ships were immova- bly " beset . " The clear sea which we had left was about four miles to the eastward of us , while to the westward nothing but one extensive field of ice could be seen . It is impossible to conceive a ...
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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