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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... present an accurate though brief notice of all valuable accessions to geographic as well as general knowledge , effected in the progress of the voyages ; and , at the same time , to keep the reader's attention ever on the alert by.
... present an accurate though brief notice of all valuable accessions to geographic as well as general knowledge , effected in the progress of the voyages ; and , at the same time , to keep the reader's attention ever on the alert by.
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... present situation . A thick fog came on again at night , and prevailed till near noon on the 18th , when we came to a close but narrow stream of ice , lying exactly across our course , and at right angles to the main body of the ice ...
... present situation . A thick fog came on again at night , and prevailed till near noon on the 18th , when we came to a close but narrow stream of ice , lying exactly across our course , and at right angles to the main body of the ice ...
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... present . ing an open and extensive space of low ground , flanked by 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 ...
... present . ing an open and extensive space of low ground , flanked by 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 ...
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... present a singular appearance , be- ing stratified horizontally , and having a number of regular projecting masses of rock , broad at the bot . tom , and coming to a point at the top , resembling so many buttresses , raised by art at ...
... present a singular appearance , be- ing stratified horizontally , and having a number of regular projecting masses of rock , broad at the bot . tom , and coming to a point at the top , resembling so many buttresses , raised by art at ...
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... present be found between the ice and the land . The weather having become clear about this time , we perceived that there was a large open space to the southward , where no land was visible ; and for this opening , over which there was ...
... present be found between the ice and the land . The weather having become clear about this time , we perceived that there was a large open space to the southward , where no land was visible ; and for this opening , over which there was ...
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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