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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... 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 somewhere in ...
... 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 somewhere in ...
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... scarcely yet to have commenced in this neighbourhood , before we could hope to sail round the northeastern point of the American con- tinent . At thirty minutes past nine A.M. we observed several tents on the low shore immediately ...
... scarcely yet to have commenced in this neighbourhood , before we could hope to sail round the northeastern point of the American con- tinent . At thirty minutes past nine A.M. we observed several tents on the low shore immediately ...
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... scarcely know what a free gift is among them . selves ; but they were not long in getting rid of all delicacy or hesitation on this score . The tents , which varied in size according to the number of occupants , consisted of several ...
... scarcely know what a free gift is among them . selves ; but they were not long in getting rid of all delicacy or hesitation on this score . The tents , which varied in size according to the number of occupants , consisted of several ...
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... scarcely possible .o move , in consequence of the crowd who came to gaze at us . A new deerskin was spread for me , and Dunn having found a corner for himself , we all lay down to sleep , not , however , until our host , his wife ...
... scarcely possible .o move , in consequence of the crowd who came to gaze at us . A new deerskin was spread for me , and Dunn having found a corner for himself , we all lay down to sleep , not , however , until our host , his wife ...
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... scarcely a dark patch was now to be seen on any part of the land , so that the prospect at day- light on the 30th was as comfortless as can well be imagined for the parties who were just about to find their way among the rocks and ...
... scarcely a dark patch was now to be seen on any part of the land , so that the prospect at day- light on the 30th was as comfortless as can well be imagined for the parties who were just about to find their way among the rocks and ...
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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