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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... night ; a decrease that was probably occasioned by our approach to the ice . We ran through a narrow part of the stream , and found the ice beyond it to be " packed " and heavy . The birds were more numerous than usual ; and , besides ...
... night ; a decrease that was probably occasioned by our approach to the ice . We ran through a narrow part of the stream , and found the ice beyond it to be " packed " and heavy . The birds were more numerous than usual ; and , besides ...
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... night , and prevailed till near noon on the 18th , when we came to a close but narrow stream of ice , lying exactly across our course , and at right angles to the main body of the ice . As this stream extended to the eastward as far as ...
... night , and prevailed till near noon on the 18th , when we came to a close but narrow stream of ice , lying exactly across our course , and at right angles to the main body of the ice . As this stream extended to the eastward as far as ...
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... night . By our nearing several bergs to the northward , the ice appeared to be drifting in that direction , the wind being moderate from the southward . About three A.M. , Tuesday , 27th , by a sudden motion of the ice , we succeeded in ...
... night . By our nearing several bergs to the northward , the ice appeared to be drifting in that direction , the wind being moderate from the southward . About three A.M. , Tuesday , 27th , by a sudden motion of the ice , we succeeded in ...
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... night to enable us to read and write in the cabin . The wind and sea increased on the 19th , with a heavy fall of snow , which , together with the use- lessness of the compasses , and the narrow space in which we were working between ...
... night to enable us to read and write in the cabin . The wind and sea increased on the 19th , with a heavy fall of snow , which , together with the use- lessness of the compasses , and the narrow space in which we were working between ...
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... night kept us quite stationary till three A.M. on the 23d , when a fresh breeze sprung up from the north- ward , and all sail was made for Cape Hotham , to the southward of which it was now my intention to seek a direct passage towards ...
... night kept us quite stationary till three A.M. on the 23d , when a fresh breeze sprung up from the north- ward , and all sail was made for Cape Hotham , to the southward of which it was now my intention to seek a direct passage towards ...
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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