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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... Eastward , the Griper forced on the Beach by the Ice - Search for , and Discovery of , a Winter Harbour on Melville Island . - Operations for securing the Ships in their Winter Quarters Page 53 CHAPTER V. · Precautions for securing the ...
... Eastward , the Griper forced on the Beach by the Ice - Search for , and Discovery of , a Winter Harbour on Melville Island . - Operations for securing the Ships in their Winter Quarters Page 53 CHAPTER V. · Precautions for securing the ...
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... Eastward , to endeavour to penetrate the Ice to the Southward . - Re - enter Barrow's Strait , and Survey its South Coast . - Pass through Sir James Lancaster's Sound on our Return to England 141 CHAPTER XI . Progress down the Western ...
... Eastward , to endeavour to penetrate the Ice to the Southward . - Re - enter Barrow's Strait , and Survey its South Coast . - Pass through Sir James Lancaster's Sound on our Return to England 141 CHAPTER XI . Progress down the Western ...
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... Eastward through the Frozen Strait . - Discovery of Hurd Channel . - Examined in a Boat . - Loss of the Fury's Anchor . - Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.- Anchor in Duckett Cove.- Farther Examination of the Coast by ...
... Eastward through the Frozen Strait . - Discovery of Hurd Channel . - Examined in a Boat . - Loss of the Fury's Anchor . - Providential Escape of the Fury from Shipwreck.- Anchor in Duckett Cove.- Farther Examination of the Coast by ...
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... the 25th , all the boats were kept ahead , to tow the ships through the ice to the westward . It re- mained tolerably open till four P.M. , when a breeze , freshening up from the eastward , caused the ice , 16 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... the 25th , all the boats were kept ahead , to tow the ships through the ice to the westward . It re- mained tolerably open till four P.M. , when a breeze , freshening up from the eastward , caused the ice , 16 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... eastward , caused the ice , through which we had lately been towing , to 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 ...
... eastward , caused the ice , through which we had lately been towing , to 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 ...
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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