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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... Northward . - Pass Barrow's Strait , and enter the Polar Sea CHAPTER III . 29 Favourable Appearances of an open Westerly Passage . - Land to the Northward , a Series of Islands . - General Appearance of them.- Meet with some Obstruction ...
... Northward . - Pass Barrow's Strait , and enter the Polar Sea CHAPTER III . 29 Favourable Appearances of an open Westerly Passage . - Land to the Northward , a Series of Islands . - General Appearance of them.- Meet with some Obstruction ...
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... Northward . - Unsuccessful attempt to raise Vegetables on shore . - Decease of James Pringle.- A Party of Esquimaux build Huts near the Ships . - Return of the Travellers , and account of their Journey . - First Ap- pearance of the ...
... Northward . - Unsuccessful attempt to raise Vegetables on shore . - Decease of James Pringle.- A Party of Esquimaux build Huts near the Ships . - Return of the Travellers , and account of their Journey . - First Ap- pearance of the ...
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... . Early in the morning of the 18th of June , in standing to the northward , we fell in with the first " stream " of ice we had seen , and soon after saw several icebergs . At daylight the water had changed its OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 15.
... . Early in the morning of the 18th of June , in standing to the northward , we fell in with the first " stream " of ice we had seen , and soon after saw several icebergs . At daylight the water had changed its OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 15.
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... northward : as we approached them the wind died away , and the ships ' heads were kept to the northward , only by the steerage way given to them by a heavy southerly swell , which , dashing the loose ice with tremendous force against ...
... northward : as we approached them the wind died away , and the ships ' heads were kept to the northward , only by the steerage way given to them by a heavy southerly swell , which , dashing the loose ice with tremendous force against ...
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... northward , I determined once more to enter the ice in this place , and to try the experiment of forcing our way through it , in order to get into the open sea . Being therefore favoured with clear weather , and a moderate breeze from ...
... northward , I determined once more to enter the ice in this place , and to try the experiment of forcing our way through it , in order to get into the open sea . Being therefore favoured with clear weather , and a moderate breeze from ...
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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