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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... immediately sent ahead to tow ; and the Griper's signal was made not to enter the ice . After two hours ' hard pulling , we succeeded in getting the Hecla back again into clear water , and to a sufficient distance OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE ...
... immediately sent ahead to tow ; and the Griper's signal was made not to enter the ice . After two hours ' hard pulling , we succeeded in getting the Hecla back again into clear water , and to a sufficient distance OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE ...
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... immediately on being mortally wounded , some dexterity is requisite to secure them , by first throw . ing a rope over the neck , at which many of the Greenland seamen are remarkably expert . It is customary for the boats of the whalers ...
... immediately on being mortally wounded , some dexterity is requisite to secure them , by first throw . ing a rope over the neck , at which many of the Greenland seamen are remarkably expert . It is customary for the boats of the whalers ...
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... immediately made to get into them . On beginning to heave , how- ever , we found that the " hole " of water in which the Hecla lay was now so completely enclosed by ice that no passage out of it could be found . We tried every corner ...
... immediately made to get into them . On beginning to heave , how- ever , we found that the " hole " of water in which the Hecla lay was now so completely enclosed by ice that no passage out of it could be found . We tried every corner ...
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... immediately set to work , and used with great effect ; but it was not till eleven o'clock that we succeeded , after seven hours ' labour , in getting the Hecla into the lanes of clear water which opened more and more to the westward ...
... immediately set to work , and used with great effect ; but it was not till eleven o'clock that we succeeded , after seven hours ' labour , in getting the Hecla into the lanes of clear water which opened more and more to the westward ...
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... immediately on deck to look at and to greet it as an old acquaintance . The land immediately at the back of Possession Bay rises in a gentle slope from the sea , present . ing an open and extensive space of low ground , flanked by hills ...
... immediately on deck to look at and to greet it as an old acquaintance . The land immediately at the back of Possession Bay rises in a gentle slope from the sea , present . ing an open and extensive space of low ground , flanked by hills ...
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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