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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... CLEAR WATER . - Any part of the sea unencumbered with ice . CROW'S NEST . - A small circular house like a cask , fixed at the masthead , in which the look - out man sits , either to guide the ship through the ice or to give notice of ...
... CLEAR WATER . - Any part of the sea unencumbered with ice . CROW'S NEST . - A small circular house like a cask , fixed at the masthead , in which the look - out man sits , either to guide the ship through the ice or to give notice of ...
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... clear water " in that direction , and forming a striking contrast with theblink " over land or ice . YOUNG - ICE . Nearly the same as " bay - ice , " but generally ap- plied to ice more recently formed than the latter . VOYAGE FOR THE ...
... clear water " in that direction , and forming a striking contrast with theblink " over land or ice . YOUNG - ICE . Nearly the same as " bay - ice , " but generally ap- plied to ice more recently formed than the latter . VOYAGE FOR THE ...
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... 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 more helpless situation than that of a ship thus beset ...
... 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 more helpless situation than that of a ship thus beset ...
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... clear sea was visible . The ice continuing to open still more in the course of the day , we were at length en- abled to get both ships into open water , after eight hours ' incessant labour . On the 1st and 2d of July , we continued to ...
... clear sea was visible . The ice continuing to open still more in the course of the day , we were at length en- abled to get both ships into open water , after eight hours ' incessant labour . On the 1st and 2d of July , we continued to ...
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... to tow ; and the Griper's signal was made not to enter the ice . After two hours ' hard pulling , we succeeded in getting the Hecla back again into clear water , and to a sufficient distance OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 19.
... to tow ; and the Griper's signal was made not to enter the ice . After two hours ' hard pulling , we succeeded in getting the Hecla back again into clear water , and to a sufficient distance OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 19.
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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