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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... . A HOLE or Pool of Water . - A small space of " clear water , " when the rest of the sea is covered with ice . HUMMOCK . - A mass of ice rising to a considerable height above the general level of a floe , and forming a.
... . A HOLE or Pool of Water . - A small space of " clear water , " when the rest of the sea is covered with ice . HUMMOCK . - A mass of ice rising to a considerable height above the general level of a floe , and forming a.
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... rest of the season . A dark sky to the southwest had given us hopes of finding a westerly passage to the south of the ice along which we were now sailing ; more espe- cially as the inlet began to widen considerably as we advanced in ...
... rest of the season . A dark sky to the southwest had given us hopes of finding a westerly passage to the south of the ice along which we were now sailing ; more espe- cially as the inlet began to widen considerably as we advanced in ...
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... rest to the officers and men ; but the rapidity with which the ice in- creased in thickness , in proportion as the general temperature of the atmosphere diminished , would have rendered a day's delay of serious importance . I ordered ...
... rest to the officers and men ; but the rapidity with which the ice in- creased in thickness , in proportion as the general temperature of the atmosphere diminished , would have rendered a day's delay of serious importance . I ordered ...
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... rest of the four - and - twen . ty hours , we lived , of course , by candle - light . No- thing could exceed the beauty of the sky to the southeast and southwest at sunrise and sunset about this period : near the horizon there was ...
... rest of the four - and - twen . ty hours , we lived , of course , by candle - light . No- thing could exceed the beauty of the sky to the southeast and southwest at sunrise and sunset about this period : near the horizon there was ...
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... rest amidships ; a precaution which , had it been sooner known and adopted , would probably have prevented at least a part of the mischief . The vinegar also became frozen in the casks in the same manner , and lost a great deal of its ...
... rest amidships ; a precaution which , had it been sooner known and adopted , would probably have prevented at least a part of the mischief . The vinegar also became frozen in the casks in the same manner , and lost a great deal of its ...
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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