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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... half an hour's visit , when , having run to the Hecla's bows to see Cap- tain Lyon and his people , they returned to their sledge as fast as their loads of presents would al- low them . We continued our progress northward , contend- ing ...
... half an hour's visit , when , having run to the Hecla's bows to see Cap- tain Lyon and his people , they returned to their sledge as fast as their loads of presents would al- low them . We continued our progress northward , contend- ing ...
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... half an hour , with a point of the land- ice left the preceding night by its own separation , breaking it up with a tremendous crash , and for- cing numberless immense masses , perhaps many tons in weight , to the height of fifty or ...
... half an hour , with a point of the land- ice left the preceding night by its own separation , breaking it up with a tremendous crash , and for- cing numberless immense masses , perhaps many tons in weight , to the height of fifty or ...
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... half fathoms alongside some very heavy grounded ice , one third of a mile from a point of land lying next to the northward of Cape Wilson , and which is low for a short dis- tance next the sea . At nine o'clock a large mass of ice fell ...
... half fathoms alongside some very heavy grounded ice , one third of a mile from a point of land lying next to the northward of Cape Wilson , and which is low for a short dis- tance next the sea . At nine o'clock a large mass of ice fell ...
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... half to the N.W.b. W. , the breadth of the stream varying from one third of a mile to four or five hundred yards , came to some shoal water extending quite across . Land . ing on the south shore and hauling the boats up above high ...
... half to the N.W.b. W. , the breadth of the stream varying from one third of a mile to four or five hundred yards , came to some shoal water extending quite across . Land . ing on the south shore and hauling the boats up above high ...
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... half way ; and we immedi- ately persuaded them to turn back with us to the shore . Being under sail in the boat , with a fresh breeze , we took two of the canoes in tow , and drag- ged them along at a great rate , much to the satis ...
... half way ; and we immedi- ately persuaded them to turn back with us to the shore . Being under sail in the boat , with a fresh breeze , we took two of the canoes in tow , and drag- ged them along at a great rate , much to the satis ...
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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