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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... give notice of whales . Dock . In a floe may be natural or artificial ; the former being simply a small " bight , " in which a ship is placed to secure her from the danger of external pressure ; and the latter , a square space cut out ...
... give notice of whales . Dock . In a floe may be natural or artificial ; the former being simply a small " bight , " in which a ship is placed to secure her from the danger of external pressure ; and the latter , a square space cut out ...
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... gives them great stability , but , with good management , makes it difficult for a bear , when swimming , to put his paw upon the gunwale , which they gen- erally endeavour to do ; whereas , with our boats , which are more light and ...
... gives them great stability , but , with good management , makes it difficult for a bear , when swimming , to put his paw upon the gunwale , which they gen- erally endeavour to do ; whereas , with our boats , which are more light and ...
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... give us an idea of the true direction in which we ought to steer . Soon after noon we were once more enveloped in a fog , which , however , was not so thick as to prevent our having recourse to a new expedient for steering the ships ...
... give us an idea of the true direction in which we ought to steer . Soon after noon we were once more enveloped in a fog , which , however , was not so thick as to prevent our having recourse to a new expedient for steering the ships ...
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... feet ; thus dividing the ice into a number of square pieces , which it was again necessary to subdivide diagonally , in order to give room for their being floated out of the canal . On returning from the 62 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... feet ; thus dividing the ice into a number of square pieces , which it was again necessary to subdivide diagonally , in order to give room for their being floated out of the canal . On returning from the 62 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... gives such a dreary sameness to the country , we erected on all the hills within two or three miles of the har . bour , finger - posts pointing towards the ships . I have before remarked that all the water which we made use of while ...
... gives such a dreary sameness to the country , we erected on all the hills within two or three miles of the har . bour , finger - posts pointing towards the ships . I have before remarked that all the water which we made use of while ...
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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