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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... Immediately on opening the inlet we encountered a rapid current setting outward , and , after rowing a mile and a 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 ...
... Immediately on opening the inlet we encountered a rapid current setting outward , and , after rowing a mile and a 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 ...
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... immediately below it . After remaining nearly an hour , fixed , as it were , to the spot by the novelty and magnificence of the scene before us , we continued our walk upward along the banks ; and after passing the two small- er ...
... immediately below it . After remaining nearly an hour , fixed , as it were , to the spot by the novelty and magnificence of the scene before us , we continued our walk upward along the banks ; and after passing the two small- er ...
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... immediately abreast of us , and presently afterward five canoes made their appearance at the edge of the land - ice inter- vening between us and the beach . We soon found , by the cautious manner in which the canoes ap- * This name ...
... immediately abreast of us , and presently afterward five canoes made their appearance at the edge of the land - ice inter- vening between us and the beach . We soon found , by the cautious manner in which the canoes ap- * This name ...
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... Immediately on our arrival they offered us dry boots , and it was not long before we were entirely rigged out " in their dresses , which , thoroughly drenched as we were by the sea , proved no small comfort to us . With these , and a ...
... Immediately on our arrival they offered us dry boots , and it was not long before we were entirely rigged out " in their dresses , which , thoroughly drenched as we were by the sea , proved no small comfort to us . With these , and a ...
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... immediately on our leaving the boat , pointing out the best road , and taking us by the hand or arm to help us over the streams of water or fissures in the ice , and attending us wher . ever we went during our stay on shore . The day ...
... immediately on our leaving the boat , pointing out the best road , and taking us by the hand or arm to help us over the streams of water or fissures in the ice , and attending us wher . ever we went during our stay on shore . The day ...
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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