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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... kind of navigation . Early on the morning of the 21st the fog clear- ed away , and discovered to us the land called by Davis , Hope Sanderson and the Woman's Islands , being the first land we had seen in sailing north- ward into ...
... kind of navigation . Early on the morning of the 21st the fog clear- ed away , and discovered to us the land called by Davis , Hope Sanderson and the Woman's Islands , being the first land we had seen in sailing north- ward into ...
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... kind . We now seemed all at once to have got into the headquarters of the whales . They were so nu- merous that I directed the number to be counted during each watch , and no less than eighty - two are mentioned in this day's log . Mr ...
... kind . We now seemed all at once to have got into the headquarters of the whales . They were so nu- merous that I directed the number to be counted during each watch , and no less than eighty - two are mentioned in this day's log . Mr ...
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... at one time or another , experienced that elevation of spirits which is usually produced by rapid motion of any kind ; and it will readily be conceived how much this feeling was heightened in us , OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 43.
... at one time or another , experienced that elevation of spirits which is usually produced by rapid motion of any kind ; and it will readily be conceived how much this feeling was heightened in us , OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 43.
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... kind of ice called by the sailors " dirty ice , " on the sur . face of which were strewed sand , stones , and , in some instances , moss : ice of this kind must , of course , at one time or other , have been in close contact with the ...
... kind of ice called by the sailors " dirty ice , " on the sur . face of which were strewed sand , stones , and , in some instances , moss : ice of this kind must , of course , at one time or other , have been in close contact with the ...
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... kind , consisting of one or two acres of ground , covered with a rich vegetation , which was evidently the feeding - place of those animals , there being quantities of their hair and wool lying scat- tered about . Several heads of the ...
... kind , consisting of one or two acres of ground , covered with a rich vegetation , which was evidently the feeding - place of those animals , there being quantities of their hair and wool lying scat- tered about . Several heads of the ...
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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