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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... seven feet in thickness . The wind died away towards midnight , and the weather was serene and clear . At six A.M. on the 23d , a thick fog came on , which rendered it impossible to see our way any farther . We therefore warped to an ...
... seven feet in thickness . The wind died away towards midnight , and the weather was serene and clear . At six A.M. on the 23d , a thick fog came on , which rendered it impossible to see our way any farther . We therefore warped to an ...
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... till eleven o'clock that we succeeded , after seven hours ' labour , in getting the Hecla into the lanes of clear water which opened more and more to the westward . On the 29th we had so much clear water , 26 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... till eleven o'clock that we succeeded , after seven hours ' labour , in getting the Hecla into the lanes of clear water which opened more and more to the westward . On the 29th we had so much clear water , 26 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... seven hundred feet above the sea , there was scarcely any snow , but the mountains at the back were completely covered with it . Some pieces of birch - bark having been picked up in the bed of this stream in 1818 , which gave reason to ...
... seven hundred feet above the sea , there was scarcely any snow , but the mountains at the back were completely covered with it . Some pieces of birch - bark having been picked up in the bed of this stream in 1818 , which gave reason to ...
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... seven fathoms of line . The cliffs on the south side of this bay , to which I gave the name of PORT BOWEN , resemble , in many places , ruined towers and battlements ; and fragments of the rocks were constantly falling from above . At ...
... seven fathoms of line . The cliffs on the south side of this bay , to which I gave the name of PORT BOWEN , resemble , in many places , ruined towers and battlements ; and fragments of the rocks were constantly falling from above . At ...
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... seven feet above the level of the sea , and commands an extensive view to the westward , the prospect was by no means favoura- ble to the immediate accomplishment of our object . No water could be seen over the ice to the north- west ...
... seven feet above the level of the sea , and commands an extensive view to the westward , the prospect was by no means favoura- ble to the immediate accomplishment of our object . No water could be seen over the ice to the north- west ...
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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