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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... Fire . - Severe Frostbites occa sioned by this Accident CHAPTER VII . · 88 More temperate Weather . - House rebuilt . - Quantity of Ice col- lected on the Hecla's lower Deck . — Meterological Phenome- na . Conclusion of Theatrical ...
... Fire . - Severe Frostbites occa sioned by this Accident CHAPTER VII . · 88 More temperate Weather . - House rebuilt . - Quantity of Ice col- lected on the Hecla's lower Deck . — Meterological Phenome- na . Conclusion of Theatrical ...
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... fire with gunpowder and moss to warm their feet ; they had never been in actual want of food , having lived upon raw grouse , of which they were enabled to obtain a quantity sufficient for their sub- sistence . In the morning they once ...
... fire with gunpowder and moss to warm their feet ; they had never been in actual want of food , having lived upon raw grouse , of which they were enabled to obtain a quantity sufficient for their sub- sistence . In the morning they once ...
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... fire was made under the air - vessel , the air became heated in its passage through the three pipes , from which it was con- veyed through the stovepipe to the men's berths . While this apparatus was in good order , a moder- ate fire ...
... fire was made under the air - vessel , the air became heated in its passage through the three pipes , from which it was con- veyed through the stovepipe to the men's berths . While this apparatus was in good order , a moder- ate fire ...
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... fires . It was there- fore found necessary to keep some of the fires in between decks at night , when the thermometer was below -15 ° or -20 ° in the open air , especially when the wind was high . To assist in keeping the lower decks ...
... fires . It was there- fore found necessary to keep some of the fires in between decks at night , when the thermometer was below -15 ° or -20 ° in the open air , especially when the wind was high . To assist in keeping the lower decks ...
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... fires on the lower deck throughout the twenty - four hours ; but our stock of coals would by no means permit this , bearing in mind the possibility of our spending a second winter within the Arctic circle ; and this comfort could only ...
... fires on the lower deck throughout the twenty - four hours ; but our stock of coals would by no means permit this , bearing in mind the possibility of our spending a second winter within the Arctic circle ; and this comfort could only ...
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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