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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... square . A HOLE or POOL of Water . - A small space of " clear water , " when the rest of the sea is covered with ice . HUMMOCK . - A mass of ice rising to a considerable height above the general level of a floe , and forming a.
... square . A HOLE or POOL of Water . - A small space of " clear water , " when the rest of the sea is covered with ice . HUMMOCK . - A mass of ice rising to a considerable height above the general level of a floe , and forming a.
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... considerable depth of smooth water . It differs from a " calf ” in being fixed to , or a part of , the larger body . WATER SKY . - A dark appearance in the sky , indicating " clear water " in that direction , and forming a striking ...
... considerable depth of smooth water . It differs from a " calf ” in being fixed to , or a part of , the larger body . WATER SKY . - A dark appearance in the sky , indicating " clear water " in that direction , and forming a striking ...
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... considerable weight in the water , in separating the heavy masses of ice , was very apparent . In some of the streams through which the Hecla passed , a vessel of a hundred tons less burden must have been immovably beset . The Griper ...
... considerable weight in the water , in separating the heavy masses of ice , was very apparent . In some of the streams through which the Hecla passed , a vessel of a hundred tons less burden must have been immovably beset . The Griper ...
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... considerable extent , and six or seven feet in thickness . The wind died away towards midnight , and the weather was serene and clear . At six A.M. on the 23d , a thick fog came on , which rendered it impossible to see our way any ...
... considerable extent , and six or seven feet in thickness . The wind died away towards midnight , and the weather was serene and clear . At six A.M. on the 23d , a thick fog came on , which rendered it impossible to see our way any ...
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... considerably , and , as the wind freshened up from the northeast , the ice gradually disappeared ; so that by six o'clock we were sailing in an open sea , perfectly free from obstruction of any kind . We now seemed all at once to have ...
... considerably , and , as the wind freshened up from the northeast , the ice gradually disappeared ; so that by six o'clock we were sailing in an open sea , perfectly free from obstruction of any kind . We now seemed all at once to 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