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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... passed the latitude of 65 ° north , they were from time to time to throw overboard a bottle , closely sealed , containing a paper , stating the date and position at which it was launched . Whenever they landed on the northern coast of ...
... passed the latitude of 65 ° north , they were from time to time to throw overboard a bottle , closely sealed , containing a paper , stating the date and position at which it was launched . Whenever they landed on the northern coast of ...
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... passed at least fifty icebergs in the course of the day , many of them of large di- mensions . Towards midnight , the wind having shifted to the southwest and moderated , another extensive chain of very large icebergs appeared to the ...
... passed at least fifty icebergs in the course of the day , many of them of large di- mensions . Towards midnight , the wind having shifted to the southwest and moderated , another extensive chain of very large icebergs appeared to the ...
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... passed , a vessel of a hundred tons less burden must have been immovably beset . The Griper was on this and many other occasions only enabled to follow the Hecla by taking advantage of the openings made by the latter . A herd of ...
... passed , a vessel of a hundred tons less burden must have been immovably beset . The Griper was on this and many other occasions only enabled to follow the Hecla by taking advantage of the openings made by the latter . A herd of ...
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... passing on the 10th , a boat was de- spatched in pursuit , and our people succeeded in killing and towing it on board . As these animals sink immediately on being mortally wounded , some dexterity is requisite to secure them , by first ...
... passing on the 10th , a boat was de- spatched in pursuit , and our people succeeded in killing and towing it on board . As these animals sink immediately on being mortally wounded , some dexterity is requisite to secure them , by first ...
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... we had , in sailing over the space included between those two meridians , crossed im- mediately to the northward of the magnetic pole , and had undoubtedly passed over one of those spots upon 46 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... we had , in sailing over the space included between those two meridians , crossed im- mediately to the northward of the magnetic pole , and had undoubtedly passed over one of those spots upon 46 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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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