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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... secured in their Winter Station . - Contin- ued Visits of the Esquimaux , and Arrival of some of the Winter Island Tribe . - Proposed Plan of Operations in the ensuing Spring Page 54 CHAPTER XIII . Preparations for the Winter ...
... secured in their Winter Station . - Contin- ued Visits of the Esquimaux , and Arrival of some of the Winter Island Tribe . - Proposed Plan of Operations in the ensuing Spring Page 54 CHAPTER XIII . Preparations for the Winter ...
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... secured , and thus set us adrift and at the mercy of the tides . Hap- pily , however , neither of these occurred , the floe remaining stationary for the rest of the tide , and setting off with the ebb which made soon after . In the mean ...
... secured , and thus set us adrift and at the mercy of the tides . Hap- pily , however , neither of these occurred , the floe remaining stationary for the rest of the tide , and setting off with the ebb which made soon after . In the mean ...
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... secured late at night , after several hours of extreme labour to the people in the boats . On the morning of the 13th , the ice being still close in with the land just to the northward of us , I determined on examining the supposed ...
... secured late at night , after several hours of extreme labour to the people in the boats . On the morning of the 13th , the ice being still close in with the land just to the northward of us , I determined on examining the supposed ...
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... secured , is frequently knocked down by persons accident- ally coming against it , and again replaced upon the stone . The lower borders of the skins are held down by stones laid on them outside ; and , to keep the whole fabric in an ...
... secured , is frequently knocked down by persons accident- ally coming against it , and again replaced upon the stone . The lower borders of the skins are held down by stones laid on them outside ; and , to keep the whole fabric in an ...
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... secured the fish , which proved a moderate- sized one of above " nine feet bone , " exactly suit- ing our purpose . The operation of " flinching " this animal , which was thirty - nine feet and a half in length , occupied most of the ...
... secured the fish , which proved a moderate- sized one of above " nine feet bone , " exactly suit- ing our purpose . The operation of " flinching " this animal , which was thirty - nine feet and a half in length , occupied most of the ...
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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