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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... took us in a few hours nearly out of sight of the Griper . The only ice which we met with consisted of a few large bergs very much washed by the sea ; and the weather being remarkably clear , so as to enable us to run with perfect ...
... took us in a few hours nearly out of sight of the Griper . The only ice which we met with consisted of a few large bergs very much washed by the sea ; and the weather being remarkably clear , so as to enable us to run with perfect ...
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... , when , being near an opening in the east- ern shore , I took the opportunity of examining it in a boat . It proved to be a bay , a mile wide at its entrance , and three miles deep in an E.b.S. 36 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... , when , being near an opening in the east- ern shore , I took the opportunity of examining it in a boat . It proved to be a bay , a mile wide at its entrance , and three miles deep in an E.b.S. 36 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... took us into an open space of clear water to the northward and west- ward . A little to the westward of Point Ross there was a barrier of ice , composed of heavy masses firmly fixed to the ground at nearly regu- lar intervals for about ...
... took us into an open space of clear water to the northward and west- ward . A little to the westward of Point Ross there was a barrier of ice , composed of heavy masses firmly fixed to the ground at nearly regu- lar intervals for about ...
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... took the opportunity of sending all our boats from both ships at eight A.M. , to bring on board a quantity of moss - peat which our gen . tlemen reported having found near a small lake at no great distance from the sea , and which I di ...
... took the opportunity of sending all our boats from both ships at eight A.M. , to bring on board a quantity of moss - peat which our gen . tlemen reported having found near a small lake at no great distance from the sea , and which I di ...
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... took advantage of a fresh northerly breeze , by setting some boats ' sails upon the pieces of ice , a contrivance which saved both time and labour . This part of the op- eration , however , was by far the most troublesome , principally ...
... took advantage of a fresh northerly breeze , by setting some boats ' sails upon the pieces of ice , a contrivance which saved both time and labour . This part of the op- eration , however , was by far the most troublesome , principally ...
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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