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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... covered with snow . The blink of land , as well as that over large quantities of ice , is usually of a yellowish cast . BORE . - The operation of " boring " through loose ice consists in entering it under a press of sail , and forcing ...
... covered with snow . The blink of land , as well as that over large quantities of ice , is usually of a yellowish cast . BORE . - The operation of " boring " through loose ice consists in entering it under a press of sail , and forcing ...
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... warm clothing was allowed , a wolfskin blanket being supplied to each officer and man , besides a housing - cloth , similar to that with which wagons are usually covered , to make VOL . I. - B a sort of tent on board . Although the finding.
... warm clothing was allowed , a wolfskin blanket being supplied to each officer and man , besides a housing - cloth , similar to that with which wagons are usually covered , to make VOL . I. - B a sort of tent on board . Although the finding.
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... covered with it . Some pieces of birch - bark having been picked up in the bed of this stream in 1818 , which gave reason to suppose that wood might be found growing in the inte . rior , I directed Mr. Fisher to walk up it , accom ...
... covered with it . Some pieces of birch - bark having been picked up in the bed of this stream in 1818 , which gave reason to suppose that wood might be found growing in the inte . rior , I directed Mr. Fisher to walk up it , accom ...
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... horizon , from north round to S.b.E. , being completely covered with ice , consist- ing of heavy and extensive floes , beyond which no indication of water was visible ; instead of which there OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 35.
... horizon , from north round to S.b.E. , being completely covered with ice , consist- ing of heavy and extensive floes , beyond which no indication of water was visible ; instead of which there OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 35.
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... covered . A remarkably thick fog ob . scured the eastern land from our view this evening at the distance of five or six miles , while the west- ern coast was distinctly visible at four times that distance . The weather was beautifully ...
... covered . A remarkably thick fog ob . scured the eastern land from our view this evening at the distance of five or six miles , while the west- ern coast was distinctly visible at four times that distance . The weather was beautifully ...
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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