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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... completed the stowage of the blubber , and washed the ships and people's clothes , we cast off on the 6th , taking in tow the carcass of the whale ( technically called the " crang " ) for our friends at Igloolik . The wind dying away ...
... completed the stowage of the blubber , and washed the ships and people's clothes , we cast off on the 6th , taking in tow the carcass of the whale ( technically called the " crang " ) for our friends at Igloolik . The wind dying away ...
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... completed our object , we set out on our return , and reached the boat at three P.M. , after a walk of twenty miles . The weather fortu- nately remaining extremely mild , no young ice was formed to obstruct our way , and we arrived on ...
... completed our object , we set out on our return , and reached the boat at three P.M. , after a walk of twenty miles . The weather fortu- nately remaining extremely mild , no young ice was formed to obstruct our way , and we arrived on ...
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... completed , the man turned and walked quietly to the ships . 66 ' During the last two days I obtained some in . formation with respect to mourning ceremonies , or , at all events , such as related to the loss of a moth- er of a family ...
... completed , the man turned and walked quietly to the ships . 66 ' During the last two days I obtained some in . formation with respect to mourning ceremonies , or , at all events , such as related to the loss of a moth- er of a family ...
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... and Captain Lyon set off to the southward , while we drove over to the lake , which is one mile N.N.W. of the head of the creek , and , after three or four hours ' labour , completed a nole through OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 85.
... and Captain Lyon set off to the southward , while we drove over to the lake , which is one mile N.N.W. of the head of the creek , and , after three or four hours ' labour , completed a nole through OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 85.
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... completed a nole through the ice , which was very dark - coloured , brittle , and transparent , and , as Toolemak had said , about five feet thick . The water , which was eleven fathoms deep , flowed up within a couple of inches of the ...
... completed a nole through the ice , which was very dark - coloured , brittle , and transparent , and , as Toolemak had said , about five feet thick . The water , which was eleven fathoms deep , flowed up within a couple of inches of 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