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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... usual , with numerous presents , of which the only danger to be apprehended was lest they should go mad on account of them . The women screamed in a con- vulsive manner at everything they received , and cried for OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE .
... usual , with numerous presents , of which the only danger to be apprehended was lest they should go mad on account of them . The women screamed in a con- vulsive manner at everything they received , and cried for OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE .
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... usual threatening appearance . For an hour or two the Fury was continually grazed , and sometimes heeled over by a degree of pressure which , under any other circumstances , would not have been considered a moderate one , but which the ...
... usual threatening appearance . For an hour or two the Fury was continually grazed , and sometimes heeled over by a degree of pressure which , under any other circumstances , would not have been considered a moderate one , but which the ...
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... usual accompaniment of a cloud of spray , broad columns of which were constantly forced up , like the successive rushes of smoke from a vast furnace , and on this , near the top , a vivid iris or rainbow was occasionally formed by the ...
... usual accompaniment of a cloud of spray , broad columns of which were constantly forced up , like the successive rushes of smoke from a vast furnace , and on this , near the top , a vivid iris or rainbow was occasionally formed by the ...
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... usual stone lamp , resting on rough stones , with the ootkooseek , or cooking pot , suspended over it ; and round this are huddled to- gether , in great confusion , the rest of the women's utensils , together with great lumps of raw ...
... usual stone lamp , resting on rough stones , with the ootkooseek , or cooking pot , suspended over it ; and round this are huddled to- gether , in great confusion , the rest of the women's utensils , together with great lumps of raw ...
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... usual strength of tide off the southwest point of Tangle Island , and soon after a great quantity of heavy drift - ice , apparently not long detached from some land . I determined to avoid , if possible , the entangle . ment of the Fury ...
... usual strength of tide off the southwest point of Tangle Island , and soon after a great quantity of heavy drift - ice , apparently not long detached from some land . I determined to avoid , if possible , the entangle . ment of the Fury ...
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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