Three Voyages for the Discovery of a North-west Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: And a Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the the North Pole, Volumen1Harper, 1840 |
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... allow a ship to sail among them . SALLYING a Ship . - The operation of causing her to roll , by the men running in a body from side to side , so as to relieve her from the adhesion and friction of the young ice around her . SLUDGE - Ice ...
... allow a ship to sail among them . SALLYING a Ship . - The operation of causing her to roll , by the men running in a body from side to side , so as to relieve her from the adhesion and friction of the young ice around her . SLUDGE - Ice ...
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... allowed , a wolfskin blanket being supplied to each officer and man , besides a housing - cloth , similar to that with which wagons are usually covered , to make VOL . I. - B a sort of tent on board . Although the finding.
... allowed , a wolfskin blanket being supplied to each officer and man , besides a housing - cloth , similar to that with which wagons are usually covered , to make VOL . I. - B a sort of tent on board . Although the finding.
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... allow a boat to approach them within a few yards without moving . When at length they are disturbed , they dash into the water in great confu- sion . It may be worth remarking , as a proof how tenacious the walrus sometimes is of life ...
... allow a boat to approach them within a few yards without moving . When at length they are disturbed , they dash into the water in great confu- sion . It may be worth remarking , as a proof how tenacious the walrus sometimes is of life ...
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... allow us to see more than a mile or two in that direction . We were , at noon , in latitude 72 ° 00 ′ 21 ′′ , longitude 59 ° 43 ' 04 " , the depth of water being one hundred and ninety fathoms , on a muddy bottom . The wind shortly ...
... allow us to see more than a mile or two in that direction . We were , at noon , in latitude 72 ° 00 ′ 21 ′′ , longitude 59 ° 43 ' 04 " , the depth of water being one hundred and ninety fathoms , on a muddy bottom . The wind shortly ...
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... which is of ten adopted by our whalers , has the obvious ad- vantage of applying the whole united force in sep . arating the masses of ice which lie in the way of the first ship , allowing the second , or even 24 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... which is of ten adopted by our whalers , has the obvious ad- vantage of applying the whole united force in sep . arating the masses of ice which lie in the way of the first ship , allowing the second , or even 24 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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afforded amusement animals appeared beach began boat breeze cabin canoes Cape Captain Lyon Captain Sabine circumstances clear water close coast continued course deck direction distance drift eastward eight P.M. endeavour Esquimaux fathoms favourable feet five floe fore four fresh frostbites gale glaucous gulls Gore Bay Greenland Griper half past heavy Hecla hill hundred yards huts Iligliuk immediately inches inlet island Kabloona land length Lieutenant Liddon lying masses of ice Melville Island miles morning musk-ox navigation nearly night noon northward Northwest Passage o'clock observed occasion officers Okotook party passage pieces Possession Bay present quantity quarter ravine remark Repulse Bay round sail scarcely seal seen ships shore side situation six P.M. sledge snow soon Southampton Island southward stones Strait temperature tents thermometer thick tion to-day usual voyage walked weather westward whole wind Winter Harbour Winter Island