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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... latter , a square space cut out with saws for a similar purpose . FIELD . A sheet of ice generally of great thickness , and of too great extent to be seen over from a ship's masthead . FLINCHING . The operation of stripping a sea ...
... latter , a square space cut out with saws for a similar purpose . FIELD . A sheet of ice generally of great thickness , and of too great extent to be seen over from a ship's masthead . FLINCHING . The operation of stripping a sea ...
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... land or ice . YOUNG - ICE . Nearly the same as " bay - ice , " but generally ap- plied to ice more recently formed than the latter . VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . INTRODUCTION 12 TECHNICAL TERMS .
... land or ice . YOUNG - ICE . Nearly the same as " bay - ice , " but generally ap- plied to ice more recently formed than the latter . VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . INTRODUCTION 12 TECHNICAL TERMS .
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... latter known best to seamen by the name of the Green- land swallow . On the clearing up of a fog on the morning of the 24th , we saw a long chain of icebergs , extend . ing several miles in a N.b. W. and S.b.E. direc . tion ; and , as ...
... latter known best to seamen by the name of the Green- land swallow . On the clearing up of a fog on the morning of the 24th , we saw a long chain of icebergs , extend . ing several miles in a N.b. W. and S.b.E. direc . tion ; and , as ...
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... latter to the height of more than one 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 ...
... latter to the height of more than one 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 ...
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... latter . A herd of seahorses being seen lying on a piece of ice , our boat succeeded in killing one of them . These animals usually lie huddled together like pigs , one over the other , and are so stupidly tame as to allow a boat to ...
... latter . A herd of seahorses being seen lying on a piece of ice , our boat succeeded in killing one of them . These animals usually lie huddled together like pigs , one over the other , and are so stupidly tame as to allow a boat to ...
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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