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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... Deck . — Meterological Phenome- na . Conclusion of Theatrical Entertainments . - Increased Sickness on board the Griper . - Clothes first dried in the open Air .-- Remarkable Halos and Parhelia . - Snow Blindness.- Cutting the Ice round ...
... Deck . — Meterological Phenome- na . Conclusion of Theatrical Entertainments . - Increased Sickness on board the Griper . - Clothes first dried in the open Air .-- Remarkable Halos and Parhelia . - Snow Blindness.- Cutting the Ice round ...
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... deck to look at and to greet it as an old acquaintance . The land immediately at the back of Possession Bay rises in a gentle slope from the sea , present- ing an open and extensive space of low ground , flanked by hills to the north ...
... deck to look at and to greet it as an old acquaintance . The land immediately at the back of Possession Bay rises in a gentle slope from the sea , present- ing an open and extensive space of low ground , flanked by hills to the north ...
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... deck , discovered from the crow's - nest a reef of rocks , in - shore of us to the northward , on which the sea was breaking . The cliffs on this part of the coast present a singular appearance , be- ing stratified horizontally , and ...
... deck , discovered from the crow's - nest a reef of rocks , in - shore of us to the northward , on which the sea was breaking . The cliffs on this part of the coast present a singular appearance , be- ing stratified horizontally , and ...
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... deck to the carpenter's storeroom , where they remained during the rest of the season . A dark sky to the southwest had given us hopes of finding a westerly passage to the south of the ice along which we were now sailing ; more espe ...
... deck to the carpenter's storeroom , where they remained during the rest of the season . A dark sky to the southwest had given us hopes of finding a westerly passage to the south of the ice along which we were now sailing ; more espe ...
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... deck , the smoke being thus carried up the fore hatchway . On the opposite side of the deck an apparatus had been attached to the gailey - range for conveying a current of heated air between decks . This apparatus simply consisted of an ...
... deck , the smoke being thus carried up the fore hatchway . On the opposite side of the deck an apparatus had been attached to the gailey - range for conveying a current of heated air between decks . This apparatus simply consisted of an ...
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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