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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... swell that had lately set into the bay . At seven we made sail , with a fresh breeze from W.N.W. , and having cleared the rocks at the entrance of the bay , ran quickly to the north- ward and eastward . The ice in the offing was II . - B.
... swell that had lately set into the bay . At seven we made sail , with a fresh breeze from W.N.W. , and having cleared the rocks at the entrance of the bay , ran quickly to the north- ward and eastward . The ice in the offing was II . - B.
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... - desired direction . As we rounded Cape Penrhyn at seven P.M. , we began gradually to lose sight of the ex- ternal body of ice , sailing close along that which was still attached in very heavy floes to this part OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE .
... - desired direction . As we rounded Cape Penrhyn at seven P.M. , we began gradually to lose sight of the ex- ternal body of ice , sailing close along that which was still attached in very heavy floes to this part OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE .
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... seven feet from the ground . The lower part of the tent - pole rests on a large stone , to keep it from sinking into the ground , and , being no way secured , is frequently knocked down by persons accident- ally coming against it , and ...
... seven feet from the ground . The lower part of the tent - pole rests on a large stone , to keep it from sinking into the ground , and , being no way secured , is frequently knocked down by persons accident- ally coming against it , and ...
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... seven o'clock . Five canoes ar- rived soon after , and the wind being now light and variable , we lay - to for an hour to repay our kind friends for the hospitable reception they had given us . After supplying them abundantly with tin ...
... seven o'clock . Five canoes ar- rived soon after , and the wind being now light and variable , we lay - to for an hour to repay our kind friends for the hospitable reception they had given us . After supplying them abundantly with tin ...
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... seven miles distant . Over this we could not entertain a doubt of having discovered the Polar Sea ; and , loaded as it was with ice , we already felt as if we were on the point of forcing our way through it along the northern shores of ...
... seven miles distant . Over this we could not entertain a doubt of having discovered the Polar Sea ; and , loaded as it was with ice , we already felt as if we were on the point of forcing our way through it along the northern shores of ...
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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