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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... seen over from a ship's masthead . FLINCHING . The operation of stripping a sea - animal of its skin and blubber . FLOC . - The same as a field , except that its extent can be dis- tinguished from a ship's masthead . A " bay - flue " is ...
... seen over from a ship's masthead . FLINCHING . The operation of stripping a sea - animal of its skin and blubber . FLOC . - The same as a field , except that its extent can be dis- tinguished from a ship's masthead . A " bay - flue " is ...
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... seen . PANCAKE ICE . - Newly formed ice , assuming the peculiar con- formation of numberless patches of " sludge , " and giving the surface of the sea the appearance of a handsome pavement . PATCH of Ice - The same as a pack , but of ...
... seen . PANCAKE ICE . - Newly formed ice , assuming the peculiar con- formation of numberless patches of " sludge , " and giving the surface of the sea the appearance of a handsome pavement . PATCH of Ice - The same as a pack , but of ...
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... . Early in the morning of the 18th of June , in standing to the northward , we fell in with the first " stream " of ice we had seen , and soon after saw several icebergs . At daylight the water had changed its OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 155.
... . Early in the morning of the 18th of June , in standing to the northward , we fell in with the first " stream " of ice we had seen , and soon after saw several icebergs . At daylight the water had changed its OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 155.
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... seen . At noon we had soundings , with one hundred and twenty fathoms of line , on a bottom of fine sand , which makes it probable that most of the icebergs were aground in this place . In the afternoon we sailed within the edge of the ...
... seen . At noon we had soundings , with one hundred and twenty fathoms of line , on a bottom of fine sand , which makes it probable that most of the icebergs were aground in this place . In the afternoon we sailed within the edge of the ...
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... 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 will not alter the direction of her head a single degree of the compass . A large black whale , being ...
... 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 will not alter the direction of her head a single degree of the compass . A large black whale , being ...
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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