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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... stones ; of these we found no want , for the surface was covered with small pieces of schistose limestone , and nothing like soil or veg . etation could be seen . On the 17th we had a fresh breeze from the S.S.W. , with so thick a fog ...
... stones ; of these we found no want , for the surface was covered with small pieces of schistose limestone , and nothing like soil or veg . etation could be seen . On the 17th we had a fresh breeze from the S.S.W. , with so thick a fog ...
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... stones , and , in some instances , moss : ice of this kind must , of course , at one time or other , have been in close contact with the land . At ten A.M. I despatched Captain Sabine and Mr. Ross to the eastern point of the island ...
... stones , and , in some instances , moss : ice of this kind must , of course , at one time or other , have been in close contact with the land . At ten A.M. I despatched Captain Sabine and Mr. Ross to the eastern point of the island ...
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... stones standing vertically , and the whole structure , if such it may be called , being ex- actly similar to that of the summer huts of the Es- quimaux which we had seen at Hare Island the preceding year . Attached to each of them was a ...
... stones standing vertically , and the whole structure , if such it may be called , being ex- actly similar to that of the summer huts of the Es- quimaux which we had seen at Hare Island the preceding year . Attached to each of them was a ...
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... stone ; but we met with limestone also , occurring in loose pieces on the surface , and several lumps of coal were brought in by the parties who had trav . ersed the island in different directions . Our sports . men were by no means ...
... stone ; but we met with limestone also , occurring in loose pieces on the surface , and several lumps of coal were brought in by the parties who had trav . ersed the island in different directions . Our sports . men were by no means ...
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... stones and turf to shelter them from the weather , and kindled a little fire with gunpowder and moss to warm their feet ; they had never been in actual want of food , having lived upon raw grouse , of which they were enabled to obtain a ...
... stones and turf to shelter them from the weather , and kindled a little fire with gunpowder and moss to warm their feet ; they had never been in actual want of food , having lived upon raw grouse , of which they were enabled to obtain a ...
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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