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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... Snow Blindness.- Cutting the Ice round the Ships , and other Occurrences to the close of May · 99 CHAPTER VIII . Journey across Melville Island to the Northern Shore , and Re- turn to the Ships by a different Route • 110 CHAPTER IX ...
... Snow Blindness.- Cutting the Ice round the Ships , and other Occurrences to the close of May · 99 CHAPTER VIII . Journey across Melville Island to the Northern Shore , and Re- turn to the Ships by a different Route • 110 CHAPTER IX ...
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... Snow upon the Land . - Decease and Burial of William Scott .-- Equipment of the Ships completed . - Temperate Weather du- ring the Month of July . - Breaking up of the Ice near the Ships . Move to the lower part of the Harbour ...
... Snow upon the Land . - Decease and Burial of William Scott .-- Equipment of the Ships completed . - Temperate Weather du- ring the Month of July . - Breaking up of the Ice near the Ships . Move to the lower part of the Harbour ...
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... snow . The blink of land , as well as that over large quantities of ice , is usually of a yellowish cast . BORE . - The operation of " boring " through loose ice consists in entering under a press of sail , and forcing the ship through ...
... snow . The blink of land , as well as that over large quantities of ice , is usually of a yellowish cast . BORE . - The operation of " boring " through loose ice consists in entering under a press of sail , and forcing the ship through ...
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... 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 ; and in the winter , snow was dissolved in the coppers ...
... 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 ; and in the winter , snow was dissolved in the coppers ...
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... snow , but the mountains at the back were completely covered with it . Some pieces of birch - bark having been picked up in the bed of this stream in 1818 , which gave reason to suppose that wood might be found growing in the inte- rior ...
... snow , but the mountains at the back were completely covered with it . Some pieces of birch - bark having been picked up in the bed of this stream in 1818 , which gave reason to suppose that wood might be found growing in the inte- rior ...
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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