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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... weather now also sufficiently so , we moved out of our winter's dock , which was , indeed , in part broken to pieces by the swell that had lately set into the bay . At seven we made sail , with a fresh breeze from W.N.W. , and having ...
... weather now also sufficiently so , we moved out of our winter's dock , which was , indeed , in part broken to pieces by the swell that had lately set into the bay . At seven we made sail , with a fresh breeze from W.N.W. , and having ...
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... weather for sever- al hours . In the course of this day the walruses became more and more numerous every hour , lying in large herds upon the loose pieces of drift - ice ; and it hav- ing fallen calm at one P.M. , we despatched our ...
... weather for sever- al hours . In the course of this day the walruses became more and more numerous every hour , lying in large herds upon the loose pieces of drift - ice ; and it hav- ing fallen calm at one P.M. , we despatched our ...
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... weather becoming so in- clement as to determine us to make the best of our way on board , and to take a more favourable op . portunity of renewing our visit to the Esquimaux . After pulling out for an hour and a half , Captain Lyon ...
... weather becoming so in- clement as to determine us to make the best of our way on board , and to take a more favourable op . portunity of renewing our visit to the Esquimaux . After pulling out for an hour and a half , Captain Lyon ...
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... weather had moderated and cleared up , and the ships soon after appearing in sight , we called our boat's crew up , and sent one of the Esquimaux round to the other tents to inform Captain Lyon of our setting out . Several of the ...
... weather had moderated and cleared up , and the ships soon after appearing in sight , we called our boat's crew up , and sent one of the Esquimaux round to the other tents to inform Captain Lyon of our setting out . Several of the ...
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... weather as we had late . ly experienced . On the 23d we went on shore to pay another visit to the Esquimaux , who came down on the ice in great numbers to receive us , repeatedly stroking down the front of their jackets with the palm of ...
... weather as we had late . ly experienced . On the 23d we went on shore to pay another visit to the Esquimaux , who came down on the ice in great numbers to receive us , repeatedly stroking down the front of their jackets with the palm 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