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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... hope we were not far from the for- mer place . I may at once remark , however , that great caution is requisite in judging of the informa . tion these people give of the distances from one place to another , as expressed by the number ...
... hope we were not far from the for- mer place . I may at once remark , however , that great caution is requisite in judging of the informa . tion these people give of the distances from one place to another , as expressed by the number ...
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... hope we should now be enabled to take a decided and final turn in that anxiously - desired direction . 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 ...
... hope we should now be enabled to take a decided and final turn in that anxiously - desired direction . 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 ...
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... hope to sail round the northeastern point of the American con- tinent . At thirty minutes past nine A.M. we observed several tents on the low shore immediately abreast of us , and presently afterward five canoes made their appearance at ...
... hope to sail round the northeastern point of the American con- tinent . At thirty minutes past nine A.M. we observed several tents on the low shore immediately abreast of us , and presently afterward five canoes made their appearance at ...
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... hope that the morning would prove more favourable for our seeing the land , the only advan . tage now to be derived from our visit , since the fish- ing place was not attainable , it was decided to pass the night on one of the rocky ...
... hope that the morning would prove more favourable for our seeing the land , the only advan . tage now to be derived from our visit , since the fish- ing place was not attainable , it was decided to pass the night on one of the rocky ...
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... hope that nature , though hitherto tardy in her annual disruption of the ice , had at length made an effort to complete it , did we find our progress once more opposed by a barrier of the same continuous , impenetrable , and hope . less ...
... hope that nature , though hitherto tardy in her annual disruption of the ice , had at length made an effort to complete it , did we find our progress once more opposed by a barrier of the same continuous , impenetrable , and hope . less ...
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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