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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... proved scarcely brackish ; and a little closer in , perfectly fresh , though the depth was from fourteen to fifteen fathoms . As this stream was a sufficient security against any ice coming in , I determined to anchor the ships ...
... proved scarcely brackish ; and a little closer in , perfectly fresh , though the depth was from fourteen to fifteen fathoms . As this stream was a sufficient security against any ice coming in , I determined to anchor the ships ...
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... proving altogether too rocky to use them with ad- vantage or safety . We returned on board at thir- ty minutes past two P.M. , after the most gratify- ing visit we had ever paid to the shore in these re- gions . We found on our return ...
... proving altogether too rocky to use them with ad- vantage or safety . We returned on board at thir- ty minutes past two P.M. , after the most gratify- ing visit we had ever paid to the shore in these re- gions . We found on our return ...
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... proved no small comfort to us . With these , and a sealskin or two as a blanket , we kept ourselves tolerably warm du . ring a most inclement night ; and the tents , which but a few hours before we had looked upon as the most ...
... proved no small comfort to us . With these , and a sealskin or two as a blanket , we kept ourselves tolerably warm du . ring a most inclement night ; and the tents , which but a few hours before we had looked upon as the most ...
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... 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 proving extremely fine and pleasant , everything assumed OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 27.
... 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 proving extremely fine and pleasant , everything assumed OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 27.
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... proving extremely fine and pleasant , everything assumed a different appearance from that at our former visit , and ... prove to be absolutely the case ; for though Igloolik ( as per- 28 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... proving extremely fine and pleasant , everything assumed a different appearance from that at our former visit , and ... prove to be absolutely the case ; for though Igloolik ( as per- 28 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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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