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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... hundred and twenty fathoms of line , on a bottom of fine sand , which makes it probable that most of the icebergs were aground in this place . In the afternoon we sailed within the edge of the ice , as much as a light westerly wind ...
... hundred and twenty fathoms of line , on a bottom of fine sand , which makes it probable that most of the icebergs were aground in this place . In the afternoon we sailed within the edge of the ice , as much as a light westerly wind ...
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... hundred and thirty - five fathoms ; the temperature of the sea at that depth 30 ° ; that of the surface being the same , and of the air 34 ° . On the 30th the ice began to slacken a little more about the ships ; and , after two hours ...
... hundred and thirty - five fathoms ; the temperature of the sea at that depth 30 ° ; that of the surface being the same , and of the air 34 ° . On the 30th the ice began to slacken a little more about the ships ; and , after two hours ...
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... hundred feet , and , be- ing accompanied with a loud noise , exactly re- sembling the roar of distant thunder , presented a scene at once sublime and terrific . We could find no bottom near these icebergs with one hundred and ten ...
... hundred feet , and , be- ing accompanied with a loud noise , exactly re- sembling the roar of distant thunder , presented a scene at once sublime and terrific . We could find no bottom near these icebergs with one hundred and ten ...
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... hundred tons less burden must have been immovably beset . The Griper was on this and many other occasions only enabled to follow the Hecla by taking advantage of the openings made by the latter . A herd of seahorses being seen lying on ...
... hundred tons less burden must have been immovably beset . The Griper was on this and many other occasions only enabled to follow the Hecla by taking advantage of the openings made by the latter . A herd of seahorses being seen lying on ...
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... 04 ′′ , the depth of water being one hundred and ninety fathoms , on a muddy bottom . The wind shortly after died away , as usual , and , after ma- king a number tacks , in order to gain all OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 21.
... 04 ′′ , the depth of water being one hundred and ninety fathoms , on a muddy bottom . The wind shortly after died away , as usual , and , after ma- king a number tacks , in order to gain all OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 21.
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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