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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... occasion , the ice was so close as not to admit of this mode of descent , and the fish went down tail foremost , to the great amuse- ment of our Greenland sailors . While in this state a large white bear came near the Griper , and was ...
... occasion , the ice was so close as not to admit of this mode of descent , and the fish went down tail foremost , to the great amuse- ment of our Greenland sailors . While in this state a large white bear came near the Griper , and was ...
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... occasions , the advantage possessed by a ship of considerable weight in the water , in separating the heavy masses of ice , was very apparent . In some of the streams through which the Hecla passed , a vessel of a hundred tons less ...
... occasions , the advantage possessed by a ship of considerable weight in the water , in separating the heavy masses of ice , was very apparent . In some of the streams through which the Hecla passed , a vessel of a hundred tons less ...
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... wind , with which we were not favoured on this occasion ; so that , when we had forced the ships about one hundred yards into the ice , their way was completely stopped . The stream con- sisted of 22 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... wind , with which we were not favoured on this occasion ; so that , when we had forced the ships about one hundred yards into the ice , their way was completely stopped . The stream con- sisted of 22 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... been unconcerned on such an occasion , would have been amused by the eagerness with which the va- rious reports from the crow's - nest were received ; all , however , hitherto favourable to our most san- OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 31.
... been unconcerned on such an occasion , would have been amused by the eagerness with which the va- rious reports from the crow's - nest were received ; all , however , hitherto favourable to our most san- OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 31.
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... to enable us to proceed till nine A.M. on the 31st , when we cast off from the ice , with a very light air from the northward . We occasion- ally caught a glimpse of land through the heavy fog OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 47.
... to enable us to proceed till nine A.M. on the 31st , when we cast off from the ice , with a very light air from the northward . We occasion- ally caught a glimpse of land through the heavy fog OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 47.
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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