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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... hills to the north and south . In this valley , and even on the hills , to the height of six or seven hundred feet above the sea , there was scarcely any snow , but the mountains at the back were completely covered with it . Some pieces ...
... hills to the north and south . In this valley , and even on the hills , to the height of six or seven hundred feet above the sea , there was scarcely any snow , but the mountains at the back were completely covered with it . Some pieces ...
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... hill on the south side of the ravine , which is very steep , and covered with innumerable de . tached blocks of limestone , some of which are constantly rolling down from above , and afford a very insecure footing . From the top of this ...
... hill on the south side of the ravine , which is very steep , and covered with innumerable de . tached blocks of limestone , some of which are constantly rolling down from above , and afford a very insecure footing . From the top of this ...
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... hill we deposited a bottle , con- taining a short notice of our visit , and raised over it a small mound of stones ; of these we found no want , for the surface was covered with small pieces of schistose limestone , and nothing like ...
... hill we deposited a bottle , con- taining a short notice of our visit , and raised over it a small mound of stones ; of these we found no want , for the surface was covered with small pieces of schistose limestone , and nothing like ...
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... hills , somewhat resem . bling boats turned bottom upward , and was named CAPE HOTHAM . At sunset we had a clear and ex- tensive view to the northward , between Cape Ho- tham and the eastern land . On the latter , several headlands were ...
... hills , somewhat resem . bling boats turned bottom upward , and was named CAPE HOTHAM . At sunset we had a clear and ex- tensive view to the northward , between Cape Ho- tham and the eastern land . On the latter , several headlands were ...
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... , and one of the Hecla's seamen brought to the boat a narwhal's horn , which he found on a hill more than a mile from the sea , and which must VOL . I. - E have been carried thither by Esquimaux or by bears : OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 49.
... , and one of the Hecla's seamen brought to the boat a narwhal's horn , which he found on a hill more than a mile from the sea , and which must VOL . I. - E have been carried thither by Esquimaux or by bears : OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 49.
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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