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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... " over 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 .
... " over 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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... nearly calm on the morning of the 25th , 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 ...
... nearly calm on the morning of the 25th , 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 ...
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... nearly due west , and the wind still continuing to freshen , took us in a few hours nearly out of sight of the Griper . The only ice which we met with consisted of a few large bergs very much washed by the sea ; and the weather being ...
... nearly due west , and the wind still continuing to freshen , took us in a few hours nearly out of sight of the Griper . The only ice which we met with consisted of a few large bergs very much washed by the sea ; and the weather being ...
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... nearly parallel to our course ; and as we could see clear water over it to the south- ward , I was for some time in the hope that it would prove a detached stream , from which no obstruc- tion to our progress westerly was to be ...
... nearly parallel to our course ; and as we could see clear water over it to the south- ward , I was for some time in the hope that it would prove a detached stream , from which no obstruc- tion to our progress westerly was to be ...
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... nearly east and west , or parallel to the course on which we were steering , and some more land appeared to the westward , yet the space of open water was still so broad , and the prospect from the masthead , upon the whole , so ...
... nearly east and west , or parallel to the course on which we were steering , and some more land appeared to the westward , yet the space of open water was still so broad , and the prospect from the masthead , upon the whole , so ...
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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