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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... half , on Thursday , the 20th of the same month . Nothing of moment occurred for several days ; but the wind veered to the westward on the 30th , and increased to a fresh gale , with an irregular sea and heavy rain , which brought us ...
... half , on Thursday , the 20th of the same month . Nothing of moment occurred for several days ; but the wind veered to the westward on the 30th , and increased to a fresh gale , with an irregular sea and heavy rain , which brought us ...
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... half a mile , found the ice once more close in every direction except that in which we had been sail- ing , obliging us to make the ships fast to a floe . At half past three P.M. the weather cleared up , and a few narrow lanes of water ...
... half a mile , found the ice once more close in every direction except that in which we had been sail- ing , obliging us to make the ships fast to a floe . At half past three P.M. the weather cleared up , and a few narrow lanes of water ...
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... half a dozen yards in the course of the night . By our nearing several bergs to the northward , the ice appeared to be drifting in that direction , the wind being moderate from the southward . About three A.M. , Tuesday , 27th , by a ...
... half a dozen yards in the course of the night . By our nearing several bergs to the northward , the ice appeared to be drifting in that direction , the wind being moderate from the southward . About three A.M. , Tuesday , 27th , by a ...
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... half past five P.M. , being the high land about Possession Bay , and at the same time several streams of loose but heavy ice came in sight , which a fresh breeze was drifting fast to the southeastward . The wind increased to a fresh ...
... half past five P.M. , being the high land about Possession Bay , and at the same time several streams of loose but heavy ice came in sight , which a fresh breeze was drifting fast to the southeastward . The wind increased to a fresh ...
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... half past three , Lieutenant Beechey , who had re- lieved me on deck , discovered from the crow's - nest a reef of rocks , in - shore of us to the northward , on which the sea was breaking . The cliffs on this part of the coast present ...
... half past three , Lieutenant Beechey , who had re- lieved me on deck , discovered from the crow's - nest a reef of rocks , in - shore of us to the northward , on which the sea was breaking . The cliffs on this part of the coast present ...
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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