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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... 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 cleared the rocks at the entrance of the bay , ran quickly to the north- ward and eastward . The ice in the offing was.
... 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 cleared the rocks at the entrance of the bay , ran quickly to the north- ward and eastward . The ice in the offing was.
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... breeze , which had been blowing for several hours , had driven the ice to some distance from the land ; so that at four P.M. , as soon as the flood - tide had slackened , we cast off and made all possible sail to the northward ...
... breeze , which had been blowing for several hours , had driven the ice to some distance from the land ; so that at four P.M. , as soon as the flood - tide had slackened , we cast off and made all possible sail to the northward ...
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... breeze , we took two of the canoes in tow , and drag- ged them along at a great rate , much to the satis- faction of the Esquimaux , who were very assiduous in piloting us to the best landing - place upon the ice , where we were met by ...
... breeze , we took two of the canoes in tow , and drag- ged them along at a great rate , much to the satis- faction of the Esquimaux , who were very assiduous in piloting us to the best landing - place upon the ice , where we were met by ...
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... breeze having freshened from the northwest , an- other floe broke away from the fixed ice , allowing us to gain about half a mile more to the westward ; such was the vexatious slowness with which we were permitted to advance towards the ...
... breeze having freshened from the northwest , an- other floe broke away from the fixed ice , allowing us to gain about half a mile more to the westward ; such was the vexatious slowness with which we were permitted to advance towards the ...
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... breeze , we reached the narrows at half past six A.M. , and immediately encountered a race or ripple , so heavy and dangerous that it was only by carrying a press of canvass on the boat that we succeeded in keep- ing the seas from ...
... breeze , we reached the narrows at half past six A.M. , and immediately encountered a race or ripple , so heavy and dangerous that it was only by carrying a press of canvass on the boat that we succeeded in keep- ing the seas from ...
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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