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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... reaching the Polar Sea . - The Esquimaux report two Fish- ing - ships having been Wrecked . - A Journey performed to Cockburn Island . - Discovery of Murray Maxwell Inlet 81 CHAPTER XV . Extraordinary Disruption of Ice in Quilliam Creek ...
... reaching the Polar Sea . - The Esquimaux report two Fish- ing - ships having been Wrecked . - A Journey performed to Cockburn Island . - Discovery of Murray Maxwell Inlet 81 CHAPTER XV . Extraordinary Disruption of Ice in Quilliam Creek ...
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... reaching our present station . They had obtain ed one reindeer , and had now a large seal on their sledge , to which we added a quantity of bread . dust , that seemed acceptable enough to them . As our way lay in the same direction as ...
... reaching our present station . They had obtain ed one reindeer , and had now a large seal on their sledge , to which we added a quantity of bread . dust , that seemed acceptable enough to them . As our way lay in the same direction as ...
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... reached this neighbourhood . In a few min- utes after we had joined them , however , a few pres- ents served to dissipate all their apprehensions , if , indeed , people could be said to entertain any who thus fearlessly met us half way ...
... reached this neighbourhood . In a few min- utes after we had joined them , however , a few pres- ents served to dissipate all their apprehensions , if , indeed , people could be said to entertain any who thus fearlessly met us half way ...
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... reached the ships at ten o'clock P.M. on Tuesday the 20th . On almost all the shores both of the main land and islands that we visited , some traces of the Esquimaux were found ; but they were less numerous than in any other places on ...
... reached the ships at ten o'clock P.M. on Tuesday the 20th . On almost all the shores both of the main land and islands that we visited , some traces of the Esquimaux were found ; but they were less numerous than in any other places on ...
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... reached its margin , when , finding this report but too correct , and that , there- fore , all farther progress was at present as imprac- ticable as if no strait existed , we ran the ships un- der all sail for the floe , which proved so ...
... reached its margin , when , finding this report but too correct , and that , there- fore , all farther progress was at present as imprac- ticable as if no strait existed , we ran the ships un- der all sail for the floe , which proved so ...
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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