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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... 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.
... 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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... direction from it . We soon after discov- ered the flagstaff which had been erected on Pos- session Mount on the former expedition ; an object which , though insignificant in itself , called up every OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 27.
... direction from it . We soon after discov- ered the flagstaff which had been erected on Pos- session Mount on the former expedition ; an object which , though insignificant in itself , called up every OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 27.
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... soon , therefore , as the boat re- turned from the Griper , we carried a press of sail , and in the course of the evening saw the northern shore of the sound looming through the clouds which hung over it . The weather being clear in the ...
... soon , therefore , as the boat re- turned from the Griper , we carried a press of sail , and in the course of the evening saw the northern shore of the sound looming through the clouds which hung over it . The weather being clear in the ...
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... , we again bore up to the westward , and soon after discovered a cape , afterward named by Captain Sabine , CAPE FELL- FOOT , which appeared to form the termination of this coast ; and as the haze , which still 32 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... , we again bore up to the westward , and soon after discovered a cape , afterward named by Captain Sabine , CAPE FELL- FOOT , which appeared to form the termination of this coast ; and as the haze , which still 32 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... soon experienced the mortification of disappoint- ment . The prospect from the crow's - nest began to assume a very unpromising appearance , the whole of the western horizon , from north round to S.b.E. , being completely covered with ...
... soon experienced the mortification of disappoint- ment . The prospect from the crow's - nest began to assume a very unpromising appearance , the whole of the western horizon , from north round to S.b.E. , being completely covered with ...
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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