Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: And Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volumen2Harper, 1843 |
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... Boat Excursions . - Observations on the Tides . -Continued Obstacles from fixed Ice CHAPTER XII . · · 40 A Journey performed along the South Shore of Cockburn Isl- and . - Confirmation of an Outlet to the Polar Sea . - Partial ...
... Boat Excursions . - Observations on the Tides . -Continued Obstacles from fixed Ice CHAPTER XII . · · 40 A Journey performed along the South Shore of Cockburn Isl- and . - Confirmation of an Outlet to the Polar Sea . - Partial ...
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... - Temperature of the Sea . - Arrival in England . 158 Account of the Esquimaux · • Page 169 Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole in Boats 245 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . vi CONTENTS .
... - Temperature of the Sea . - Arrival in England . 158 Account of the Esquimaux · • Page 169 Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole in Boats 245 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . vi CONTENTS .
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... boat for the purpose of sounding along the shore in that direc- tion , in readiness for moving whenever the Hecla should be enabled to rejoin us . I found the sound . ings regular in almost every part , and had just landed to obtain a ...
... boat for the purpose of sounding along the shore in that direc- tion , in readiness for moving whenever the Hecla should be enabled to rejoin us . I found the sound . ings regular in almost every part , and had just landed to obtain a ...
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... boat to examine the soundings of the coast . On approaching the open- ing , we found so strong a current setting out of it as to induce me to taste the water , which proved scarcely brackish ; and a little closer in , perfectly fresh ...
... boat to examine the soundings of the coast . On approaching the open- ing , we found so strong a current setting out of it as to induce me to taste the water , which proved scarcely brackish ; and a little closer in , perfectly fresh ...
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... 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 river in the boats , and , at the same time , to try our luck with the seines , as 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 river in the boats , and , at the same time , to try our luck with the seines , as 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 extreme farther fathoms favourable feet five floe 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