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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... loose pieces of drift - ice ; and it hav- ing fallen calm at one P.M. , we despatched our boats to kill some for the sake of the oil which they afford . On approaching the ice , our people found them huddled close to , and even lying ...
... loose pieces of drift - ice ; and it hav- ing fallen calm at one P.M. , we despatched our boats to kill some for the sake of the oil which they afford . On approaching the ice , our people found them huddled close to , and even lying ...
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... ice except in some loose " streams , " the water became so much shoaler as to make it necessary to proceed with greater caution . About this time OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 19.
... ice except in some loose " streams , " the water became so much shoaler as to make it necessary to proceed with greater caution . About this time OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 19.
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... loose ice through to the eastward . Beyond us , to the west , the shores again separated to the distance of several leagues ; and for more than three points of the compass , in that direction , no land could be seen to the utmost limits ...
... loose ice through to the eastward . Beyond us , to the west , the shores again separated to the distance of several leagues ; and for more than three points of the compass , in that direction , no land could be seen to the utmost limits ...
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... ice at a considerable distance to the northwest , and the rest about a mile outside the summer station of the tents ... loose ice , on which they principally kill the walruses . Towards the latter end of January [ 1823 ] , the accounts ...
... ice at a considerable distance to the northwest , and the rest about a mile outside the summer station of the tents ... loose ice , on which they principally kill the walruses . Towards the latter end of January [ 1823 ] , the accounts ...
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... ice , or even use any slabs of it in constructing the little tomb . The body ... loose slabs of snow were now placed so as to cover , without touching , the ... ice , per . forming any kind of work , or even having anything made for them ...
... ice , or even use any slabs of it in constructing the little tomb . The body ... loose slabs of snow were now placed so as to cover , without touching , the ... ice , per . forming any kind of work , or even having anything made for them ...
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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