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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... considered a most important object , never to be lost sight of . After they had passed the latitude of 65 ° north , they were from time to time to throw overboard a bottle , closely sealed , containing a paper , stating the date and ...
... considered a most important object , never to be lost sight of . After they had passed the latitude of 65 ° north , they were from time to time to throw overboard a bottle , closely sealed , containing a paper , stating the date and ...
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... considered them generally as large ones , and femarked that a fleet of whalers might easily have obtained a cargo here in a few days . In the afternoon the wind broke us off from the N.N.W. , which obliged us to cast off the Gri- per ...
... considered them generally as large ones , and femarked that a fleet of whalers might easily have obtained a cargo here in a few days . In the afternoon the wind broke us off from the N.N.W. , which obliged us to cast off the Gri- per ...
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... . We were now about to enter and to explore that great sound or inlet which has obtained a degree of celebrity beyond what it might otherwise have been considered to possess , from the very opposite opinions C 2 OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 29.
... . We were now about to enter and to explore that great sound or inlet which has obtained a degree of celebrity beyond what it might otherwise have been considered to possess , from the very opposite opinions C 2 OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 29.
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... considered to possess , from the very opposite opinions which have been held with regard to it . To us it was peculiarly interesting , as being the point to which our instructions more particularly directed our attention ; and I may add ...
... considered to possess , from the very opposite opinions which have been held with regard to it . To us it was peculiarly interesting , as being the point to which our instructions more particularly directed our attention ; and I may add ...
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... considered it right to furnish Lieutenant Liddon with fresh instructions , and to appoint some new place of rendezvous in case of unavoidable separation from the Hecla . At ten o'clock , after having had a clear view 44 VOYAGE FOR THE ...
... considered it right to furnish Lieutenant Liddon with fresh instructions , and to appoint some new place of rendezvous in case of unavoidable separation from the Hecla . At ten o'clock , after having had a clear view 44 VOYAGE FOR THE ...
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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