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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... walked inland , following the banks of the stream . Among the fragments we picked up one piece of limestone , on which was the impression of a fossil - shell . We saw here a great number of young black guillemots , and a flock of ducks ...
... walked inland , following the banks of the stream . Among the fragments we picked up one piece of limestone , on which was the impression of a fossil - shell . We saw here a great number of young black guillemots , and a flock of ducks ...
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... for a smaller one that had been erected some days before at a considerable distance to the eastward of our pres- ent situation ; and with that impression , walked of his men . away in a contrary direction , 58 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... for a smaller one that had been erected some days before at a considerable distance to the eastward of our pres- ent situation ; and with that impression , walked of his men . away in a contrary direction , 58 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... walked some distance and were enabled to as- certain what it was , one of them endeavoured to overtake Mr. Fife , but was too much fatigued , and returned to his comrades . They halted during a part of the night , made a sort of hut of ...
... walked some distance and were enabled to as- certain what it was , one of them endeavoured to overtake Mr. Fife , but was too much fatigued , and returned to his comrades . They halted during a part of the night , made a sort of hut of ...
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... walked on shore for an hour without inconvenience , the sensation of cold depending much more on the degree of wind at the time than on the absolute temperature of the atmosphere as indicated by the thermometer . In several of the ...
... walked on shore for an hour without inconvenience , the sensation of cold depending much more on the degree of wind at the time than on the absolute temperature of the atmosphere as indicated by the thermometer . In several of the ...
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... walked along the beach , at even a greater distance than this . Another circumstance also oc- curred to - day , which may perhaps be considered as worthy of notice . Lieutenant Beechey , and Messrs . Beverly and Fisher , in the course ...
... walked along the beach , at even a greater distance than this . Another circumstance also oc- curred to - day , which may perhaps be considered as worthy of notice . Lieutenant Beechey , and Messrs . Beverly and Fisher , in the course ...
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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