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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... Harbour on Melville Island . - Operations for securing the Ships in their Winter Quarters Page 53 CHAPTER V. · Precautions for securing the Ships and Stores . - For promoting Good Order , Cleanliness , Health , and Good - Humour among ...
... Harbour on Melville Island . - Operations for securing the Ships in their Winter Quarters Page 53 CHAPTER V. · Precautions for securing the Ships and Stores . - For promoting Good Order , Cleanliness , Health , and Good - Humour among ...
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... Harbour . - Separation of the Ice at the Entrance . - Prepare to Sail . - Abstract of Observations made in Winter Harbour . Page 128 CHAPTER X. · Leave Winter Harbour . - Flattering Appearance of the Sea to the Westward . - Stopped by ...
... Harbour . - Separation of the Ice at the Entrance . - Prepare to Sail . - Abstract of Observations made in Winter Harbour . Page 128 CHAPTER X. · Leave Winter Harbour . - Flattering Appearance of the Sea to the Westward . - Stopped by ...
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... harbour ; and it must be confessed , that the apparent practicability of finding such tolerable security for the ships as this artificial harbour afforded , should we fail in dis- covering a more safe and regular anchorage , ad- ded not ...
... harbour ; and it must be confessed , that the apparent practicability of finding such tolerable security for the ships as this artificial harbour afforded , should we fail in dis- covering a more safe and regular anchorage , ad- ded not ...
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... Harbour on Melville Island . - Operations for securing the Ships in their Winter Quarters . As the wind still continued to blow strong from the northward on the morning of the 6th , without any appearance of opening a passage for us ...
... Harbour on Melville Island . - Operations for securing the Ships in their Winter Quarters . As the wind still continued to blow strong from the northward on the morning of the 6th , without any appearance of opening a passage for us ...
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... harbour in which the ships might se- curely lie during the ensuing winter . The opin- ions of the officers entirely concurring with my own as to the propriety of immediately resorting to this measure , I determined , whenever the ice ...
... harbour in which the ships might se- curely lie during the ensuing winter . The opin- ions of the officers entirely concurring with my own as to the propriety of immediately resorting to this measure , I determined , whenever the ice ...
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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