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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... Situation of the Hecla , and loss of her Anchor.- Meet with the Hudson's Bay Ships . - Passage up the Strait , and Communication with the Natives mhabiting the North- ern Shores . - Pass the Trinity Islands of Fox.- Arrival off ...
... Situation of the Hecla , and loss of her Anchor.- Meet with the Hudson's Bay Ships . - Passage up the Strait , and Communication with the Natives mhabiting the North- ern Shores . - Pass the Trinity Islands of Fox.- Arrival off ...
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... situation of a ship when closely surrounded by ice . BIGHT .-- An Indentation in a flue of ice , like a bay , by which name it is sometimes called . BLINK - A peculiar brightness in the atmosphere , often assuming an arch - ike form ...
... situation of a ship when closely surrounded by ice . BIGHT .-- An Indentation in a flue of ice , like a bay , by which name it is sometimes called . BLINK - A peculiar brightness in the atmosphere , often assuming an arch - ike form ...
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... situation of a ship when forcibly pressed by ice . PACK . - A large body of ice , consisting of separate masses , lying close together , and whose extent cannot be seen . PANCAKE ICE . - Newly formed ice , assuming the peculiar con ...
... situation of a ship when forcibly pressed by ice . PACK . - A large body of ice , consisting of separate masses , lying close together , and whose extent cannot be seen . PANCAKE ICE . - Newly formed ice , assuming the peculiar con ...
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... 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 the first , was seen near the ships . It is usual ...
... 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 the first , was seen near the ships . It is usual ...
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... situation for some hours 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 ...
... situation for some hours 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 ...
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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