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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... . A HOLE or POOL of Water . - A small space of " clear water , " when the rest of the sea is covered with ice . HUMMOCK . - A mass of ice rising to a considerable height above the general level of a floe , and forming a.
... . A HOLE or POOL of Water . - A small space of " clear water , " when the rest of the sea is covered with ice . HUMMOCK . - A mass of ice rising to a considerable height above the general level of a floe , and forming a.
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... rest of the season . A dark sky to the southwest had given us hopes of finding a westerly passage to the south of the ice along which we were now sailing ; more espe- cially as the inlet began to widen considerably as we advanced in ...
... rest of the season . A dark sky to the southwest had given us hopes of finding a westerly passage to the south of the ice along which we were now sailing ; more espe- cially as the inlet began to widen considerably as we advanced in ...
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... rest to the officers and men ; but the rapidity with which the ice in- creased in thickness , in proportion as the general temperature of the atmosphere diminished , would have rendered a day's delay of serious importance . I ordered ...
... rest to the officers and men ; but the rapidity with which the ice in- creased in thickness , in proportion as the general temperature of the atmosphere diminished , would have rendered a day's delay of serious importance . I ordered ...
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... rest of the four - and - twen- ty hours , we lived , of course , by candle - light . No- thing could exceed the beauty of the sky to the southeast and southwest at sunrise and sunset about this period : near the horizon there was ...
... rest of the four - and - twen- ty hours , we lived , of course , by candle - light . No- thing could exceed the beauty of the sky to the southeast and southwest at sunrise and sunset about this period : near the horizon there was ...
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... rest amidships ; a precaution which , had it been sooner known and adopted , would probably have prevented at least a part of the mischief . The vinegar also became frozen in the casks in the same manner , and lost a great deal of its ...
... rest amidships ; a precaution which , had it been sooner known and adopted , would probably have prevented at least a part of the mischief . The vinegar also became frozen in the casks in the same manner , and lost a great deal of its ...
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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