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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... miles and a 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 ...
... miles and a 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 ...
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... miles in a N.b. W. and S.b. E. direc- tion ; and , as we approached them , we found a quantity of " floe - ice " intermixed with them , be- yond which , to the westward , nothing but ice could be seen . At noon we had soundings , with ...
... miles in a N.b. W. and S.b. E. direc- tion ; and , as we approached them , we found a quantity of " floe - ice " intermixed with them , be- yond which , to the westward , nothing but ice could be seen . At noon we had soundings , with ...
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... miles to the eastward of us , while to the westward nothing but one extensive field of ice could be seen . It is impossible to conceive a more helpless situation than that of a ship thus beset , when all the power that can be applied ...
... miles to the eastward of us , while to the westward nothing but one extensive field of ice could be seen . It is impossible to conceive a more helpless situation than that of a ship thus beset , when all the power that can be applied ...
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... rather an unpleasant one , the ice being close under our lee . Fortunately , however , wè weathered it by stretching back a few miles to the southward . In the afternoon the wind moderated , and 18 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... rather an unpleasant one , the ice being close under our lee . Fortunately , however , wè weathered it by stretching back a few miles to the southward . In the afternoon the wind moderated , and 18 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... 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 after died away , as usual , and ...
... 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 after died away , as usual , and ...
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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