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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... hundred yards of the point , the danger to ourselves was twofold ; first , lest the floe should now swing in , and serve us much in the same man . ner ; and , secondly , lest its pressure should detach the land - ice to which we were ...
... hundred yards of the point , the danger to ourselves was twofold ; first , lest the floe should now swing in , and serve us much in the same man . ner ; and , secondly , lest its pressure should detach the land - ice to which we were ...
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... hundred yards , came to some shoal water extending quite across . Land . ing on the south shore and hauling the boats up above high - water mark , we rambled up the banks of the stream , which are low next the water , but rise almost ...
... hundred yards , came to some shoal water extending quite across . Land . ing on the south shore and hauling the boats up above high - water mark , we rambled up the banks of the stream , which are low next the water , but rise almost ...
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... hundred and fifty feet in breadth , the channel being hollowed out through a solid rock of gneiss . After falling about fifteen feet at angle of 30 ° with a vertical line , the width of the stream is still narrowed to about forty yards ...
... hundred and fifty feet in breadth , the channel being hollowed out through a solid rock of gneiss . After falling about fifteen feet at angle of 30 ° with a vertical line , the width of the stream is still narrowed to about forty yards ...
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... hundred . Most of them waited quietly to be fired at : and even after one or two discharges did not seem to be greatly disturbed , but allowed the people to land on the ice near them , and , when approached , showed an evident disposi ...
... hundred . Most of them waited quietly to be fired at : and even after one or two discharges did not seem to be greatly disturbed , but allowed the people to land on the ice near them , and , when approached , showed an evident disposi ...
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... hundred and two quarters nearly ; but it was by no means remarkable for the largeness of its dimensions . The peculiar barking noise made by the walrus when irritated , may be heard , on a calm day , with great distinctness at the dis ...
... hundred and two quarters nearly ; but it was by no means remarkable for the largeness of its dimensions . The peculiar barking noise made by the walrus when irritated , may be heard , on a calm day , with great distinctness at the dis ...
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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