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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... 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.
... 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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... four miles to the eastward of us , while to the westward nothing but one extensive field of ice could be seen . It is impossible to conceive a more helpless situation than that of a ship thus beset , when all the power that can be ...
... four miles to the eastward of us , while to the westward nothing but one extensive field of ice could be seen . It is impossible to conceive a more helpless situation than that of a ship thus beset , when all the power that can be ...
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... four P.M. , in the longitude of 57 ° 27 ′ W. We passed at least fifty icebergs in the course of the day , many of them of large di- mensions . Towards midnight , the wind having shifted to the southwest and moderated , another extensive ...
... four P.M. , in the longitude of 57 ° 27 ′ W. We passed at least fifty icebergs in the course of the day , many of them of large di- mensions . Towards midnight , the wind having shifted to the southwest and moderated , another extensive ...
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... four miles to the westward by eight P.M. , after eleven hours of very laborious exertion ; and having then come to the end of the clear water , and the weather be ing again foggy , the ships were secured in a deep bight , " or bay in a ...
... four miles to the westward by eight P.M. , after eleven hours of very laborious exertion ; and having then come to the end of the clear water , and the weather be ing again foggy , the ships were secured in a deep bight , " or bay in a ...
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... four miles , where it turned to the southwest , without discover- ing any indications of a wooded country ; but a sufficient explanation respecting the birch - bark was perhaps furnished by his finding , at the dis- tance of a quarter ...
... four miles , where it turned to the southwest , without discover- ing any indications of a wooded country ; but a sufficient explanation respecting the birch - bark was perhaps furnished by his finding , at the dis- tance of a quarter ...
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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