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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... turning to the Eastward , the Griper forced on the Beach by the Ice - Search for , and Discovery of , a Winter Harbour on Melville Island . - Operations for securing the Ships in their Winter Quarters Page 53 · CHAPTER V. Precautions ...
... turning to the Eastward , the Griper forced on the Beach by the Ice - Search for , and Discovery of , a Winter Harbour on Melville Island . - Operations for securing the Ships in their Winter Quarters Page 53 · CHAPTER V. Precautions ...
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... turned to the southwest , without discover . ing any indications of a wooded country ; but a sufficient explanation respecting the birch - bark was perhaps furnished by his finding , at the dis- tance of a quarter of a mile from the sea ...
... turned to the southwest , without discover . ing any indications of a wooded country ; but a sufficient explanation respecting the birch - bark was perhaps furnished by his finding , at the dis- tance of a quarter of a mile from the sea ...
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... 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 evening of the 2d 30 VOYAGE FOR ...
... 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 evening of the 2d 30 VOYAGE FOR ...
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... turning to some account this vexatious but unavoidable detention , I left the ship , accompanied by Captain Sabine and Mr. Hooper , in order to make some observations on shore , and directed Lieutenant Liddon to send We a boat from the ...
... turning to some account this vexatious but unavoidable detention , I left the ship , accompanied by Captain Sabine and Mr. Hooper , in order to make some observations on shore , and directed Lieutenant Liddon to send We a boat from the ...
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... turned bottom upward , and was named CAPE HOTHAM . At sunset we had a clear and ex- tensive view to the northward , between Cape Ho- tham and the eastern land . On the latter , several headlands were discovered and named ; between the ...
... turned bottom upward , and was named CAPE HOTHAM . At sunset we had a clear and ex- tensive view to the northward , between Cape Ho- tham and the eastern land . On the latter , several headlands were discovered and named ; between the ...
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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