Three Voyages for the Discovery of a North-west Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: And Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volumen2Harper, 1858 |
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... close of the year 1822. - Sickness among the Esqui- maux .-- Meteorological Phenomena to the end of March * 65 CHAPTER XIV . Various Journeys to the Esquimaux Stations . - Preparations for the Hecla's Return to England . - Remarkable ...
... close of the year 1822. - Sickness among the Esqui- maux .-- Meteorological Phenomena to the end of March * 65 CHAPTER XIV . Various Journeys to the Esquimaux Stations . - Preparations for the Hecla's Return to England . - Remarkable ...
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... close in with the land just to the northward of us , I determined on examining the supposed river in the boats , and , at the same time , to try our luck with the scines , as the place appeared a likely one for salmon . Immediately on ...
... close in with the land just to the northward of us , I determined on examining the supposed river in the boats , and , at the same time , to try our luck with the scines , as the place appeared a likely one for salmon . Immediately on ...
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... As we rounded Cape Penrhyn at seven P.M. , we began gradually to lose sight of the ex- ternal body of ice , sailing close along that which was still attached in very heavy floes to this part OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 17.
... As we rounded Cape Penrhyn at seven P.M. , we began gradually to lose sight of the ex- ternal body of ice , sailing close along that which was still attached in very heavy floes to this part OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 17.
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... close to , and even lying upon , one another , in separate droves of from twelve to thirty , the whole number near the boats being per- haps about two hundred . Most of them waited quietly to be fired at : and even after one or two ...
... close to , and even lying upon , one another , in separate droves of from twelve to thirty , the whole number near the boats being per- haps about two hundred . Most of them waited quietly to be fired at : and even after one or two ...
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... close of a summer , and cemented in its present situation by the frost of the succeeding winter . A great deal of snow having fallen in the last two days , scarcely a dark patch was now to be seen on any part of the land , so that the ...
... close of a summer , and cemented in its present situation by the frost of the succeeding winter . A great deal of snow having fallen in the last two days , scarcely a dark patch was now to be seen on any part of the land , so that the ...
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animals appeared arrived beach board the Fury boats bone breeze canoes Captain Hoppner Captain Lyon circumstance clear close clothes coast Cockburn Island considerable continued course direction distance dogs dovekies drift eastward eight Esquimaux farther fathoms favourable feet five floe fore four fresh Fury's gale Greenland half past halted Hammerfest hauled Hecla huts Igloolik inches inlet journey Kabloonas kind labour land latitude length Lieutenant longitude by chronometers loose ice manner miles morning night noon northward NORTHWEST PASSAGE observed occasion officers open water party pemmican piece provisions quantity quarter reindeer remarkable rest round sail scarcely seahorse season secured seven P.M. ships shore side six A.M. skin sledge snow soon southward Spitzbergen strait Table Island tent thick tion Toolemak travelling usual walrus ward weather westward whale whole wind Winter Island winter passed women yards