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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... tion from Fogs and Ice - Difficulty of Steering a Proper Course . - Arrival and Landing on Melville Island - Proceed to the Westward , and reach the Meridian of 110 ° W. Long . , the first Stage in the Scale of Rewards granted by Act of ...
... tion from Fogs and Ice - Difficulty of Steering a Proper Course . - Arrival and Landing on Melville Island - Proceed to the Westward , and reach the Meridian of 110 ° W. Long . , the first Stage in the Scale of Rewards granted by Act of ...
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... tion of the House on Shore by Fire . - Severe Frostbites occa sioned by this Accident CHAPTER VII . • 88 More temperate Weather . - House rebuilt . - Quantity of Ice col- lected on the Hecla's lower Deck . - Meterological Phenome- na ...
... tion of the House on Shore by Fire . - Severe Frostbites occa sioned by this Accident CHAPTER VII . • 88 More temperate Weather . - House rebuilt . - Quantity of Ice col- lected on the Hecla's lower Deck . - Meterological Phenome- na ...
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... tion commence Page 194 CHAPTER II . · Review of the Geographical Information obtained by the Re- searches of former Navigators on the Coast of the American Continent , in the Neighbourhood of Wager River.- Discover and enter the Duke of ...
... tion commence Page 194 CHAPTER II . · Review of the Geographical Information obtained by the Re- searches of former Navigators on the Coast of the American Continent , in the Neighbourhood of Wager River.- Discover and enter the Duke of ...
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... tion of loose ice . TONGUE . A mass of ice projecting under water from an iceberg or floe , and generally distinguishable at a considerable depth of smooth water . It differs from a " calf " in being fixed to , or a part of , the larger ...
... tion of loose ice . TONGUE . A mass of ice projecting under water from an iceberg or floe , and generally distinguishable at a considerable depth of smooth water . It differs from a " calf " in being fixed to , or a part of , the larger ...
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... tion ; and , as we approached them , we found a quantity of " floe - ice " intermixed with them , be- yond which , to the westward , nothing but ice could be seen . At noon we had soundings , with one hundred and twenty fathoms of line ...
... tion ; and , as we approached them , we found a quantity of " floe - ice " intermixed with them , be- yond which , to the westward , nothing but ice could be seen . At noon we had soundings , with one hundred and twenty fathoms of line ...
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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