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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... necessary to pass through some heavy streams of ice , in order to avoid the loss of time by going round to the eastward . this , as on many other occasions , the advantage possessed by a ship of considerable weight in the water , in ...
... necessary to pass through some heavy streams of ice , in order to avoid the loss of time by going round to the eastward . this , as on many other occasions , the advantage possessed by a ship of considerable weight in the water , in ...
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... necessary to separate before any farther progress could be made . Both ships con- tinued to heave at their hawsers occasionally , as VOL . I. - C We the ice appeared to slacken a little , by which OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 25.
... necessary to separate before any farther progress could be made . Both ships con- tinued to heave at their hawsers occasionally , as VOL . I. - C We the ice appeared to slacken a little , by which OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 25.
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... necessary observations , and to examine the natural productions of the shore . Our latitude at noon was 75 ° 03 ′ 12 ′′ , long . 103 ° 44 ' 37 " , and the depth of water forty fathoms . The gentlemen reported , on their return , that ...
... necessary observations , and to examine the natural productions of the shore . Our latitude at noon was 75 ° 03 ′ 12 ′′ , long . 103 ° 44 ' 37 " , and the depth of water forty fathoms . The gentlemen reported , on their return , that ...
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... necessary to secure the ships every night from ten till two o'clock , the weather being too dark during that in- terval to allow of our keeping under way in such a navigation as this , deprived as we were of the use of compasses . On ...
... necessary to secure the ships every night from ten till two o'clock , the weather being too dark during that in- terval to allow of our keeping under way in such a navigation as this , deprived as we were of the use of compasses . On ...
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... necessary direc- tions for their guidance , and acquainting them that provisions would be found at the large flagstaff on the hill . Our searching parties left the ships soon after daylight , the wind still blowing hard from the ...
... necessary direc- tions for their guidance , and acquainting them that provisions would be found at the large flagstaff on the hill . Our searching parties left the ships soon after daylight , the wind still blowing hard from the ...
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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