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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... close of the year 1819 CHAPTER VI . 65 First Appearance of Scurvy . - The Aurora Borealis and other Meteorological Phenomena . - Visits of the Wolves.- Reap- pearance of the Sun. - Extreme low Temperature.- Destruc tion of the House on ...
... close of the year 1819 CHAPTER VI . 65 First Appearance of Scurvy . - The Aurora Borealis and other Meteorological Phenomena . - Visits of the Wolves.- Reap- pearance of the Sun. - Extreme low Temperature.- Destruc tion of the House on ...
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... Close of the year 1821 234 CHAPTER VII . · Many Foxes caught . - Continued Open Water in the Offing.- Partial Disruption of the Ice in the Bay . - Meteorological Phe- nomena , and Temperature of Animals . - Arrival of a Tribe of ...
... Close of the year 1821 234 CHAPTER VII . · Many Foxes caught . - Continued Open Water in the Offing.- Partial Disruption of the Ice in the Bay . - Meteorological Phe- nomena , and Temperature of Animals . - Arrival of a Tribe of ...
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... close together , and whose extent cannot be seen . PANCAKE ICE . - Newly formed ice , assuming the peculiar con- formation of numberless patches of " sludge , " and giving the surface of the sea the appearance of a handsome pavement ...
... close together , and whose extent cannot be seen . PANCAKE ICE . - Newly formed ice , assuming the peculiar con- formation of numberless patches of " sludge , " and giving the surface of the sea the appearance of a handsome pavement ...
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... close - reefed topsails . At half past one , P.M. , we began to cross the space in which the " Sunken Land of Buss " is laid down in Steel's chart from England to Greenland ; and , in the course of this and the following day , we tried ...
... close - reefed topsails . At half past one , P.M. , we began to cross the space in which the " Sunken Land of Buss " is laid down in Steel's chart from England to Greenland ; and , in the course of this and the following day , we tried ...
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... close together so rapidly , that we had scarcely time to hoist up the 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 ...
... close together so rapidly , that we had scarcely time to hoist up the 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 ...
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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