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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... Remarks upon the probable Exist- ence and Practicab.lity of a Northwest Passage , and upon the Whale Fishery.- Boisterous Weather in Crossing the At- lantic - Loss of the Hecla's Bowsprit and Foremast . - Arri- val in England . . 168 ...
... Remarks upon the probable Exist- ence and Practicab.lity of a Northwest Passage , and upon the Whale Fishery.- Boisterous Weather in Crossing the At- lantic - Loss of the Hecla's Bowsprit and Foremast . - Arri- val in England . . 168 ...
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... Remarks concerning the Ge- ography . Tides , and Natural History of this part of the Conti- nental Coast CHAPTER III . 202 Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait . - Discovery of Hurd Channel . - Examined in a Boat . - Loss of ...
... Remarks concerning the Ge- ography . Tides , and Natural History of this part of the Conti- nental Coast CHAPTER III . 202 Return to the Eastward through the Frozen Strait . - Discovery of Hurd Channel . - Examined in a Boat . - Loss of ...
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... remark that , from this time till the end of the voyage , snow - water was exclu- sively made use of on board the ships for every purpose . During the summer months , it is found in abundance in the ' pools upon the floes and ice- bergs ...
... remark that , from this time till the end of the voyage , snow - water was exclu- sively made use of on board the ships for every purpose . During the summer months , it is found in abundance in the ' pools upon the floes and ice- bergs ...
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... remarked that a fleet of whalers might easily have obtained a cargo here in a few days . In the afternoon the wind broke us off from the N.N.W. , which obliged us to cast off the Gri- per , and we carried all sail ahead to make the land ...
... remarked that a fleet of whalers might easily have obtained a cargo here in a few days . In the afternoon the wind broke us off from the N.N.W. , which obliged us to cast off the Gri- per , and we carried all sail ahead to make the land ...
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... remark- ed that this was the only part of Baffin's Bay in which he had ever seen young whales ; for it is a matter of surprise to the whalers in general , that they seldom or never meet with young ones on this fishery , as they are ...
... remark- ed that this was the only part of Baffin's Bay in which he had ever seen young whales ; for it is a matter of surprise to the whalers in general , that they seldom or never meet with young ones on this fishery , as they are ...
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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