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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... distances from one place to another , as expressed by the number of seeniks ( sleeps ) or days ' journeys , to which ... distance according to the season of the year , and , consequently , the mode of travelling in which his own journey ...
... distances from one place to another , as expressed by the number of seeniks ( sleeps ) or days ' journeys , to which ... distance according to the season of the year , and , consequently , the mode of travelling in which his own journey ...
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... small cataracts . Just below this , how- ever , where the river turns almost at a right angle , we perceived a much greater spray , as well as a louder sound ; and , having walked a short distance OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 15.
... small cataracts . Just below this , how- ever , where the river turns almost at a right angle , we perceived a much greater spray , as well as a louder sound ; and , having walked a short distance OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 15.
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... distance down the bank , suddenly came upon the principal fall , of whose magnificence I am at a loss to give any adequate description . At the head of the fall , or where it commences its principal descent , the river is contracted to ...
... distance down the bank , suddenly came upon the principal fall , of whose magnificence I am at a loss to give any adequate description . At the head of the fall , or where it commences its principal descent , the river is contracted to ...
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... 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 , steering for a headland , remarkable for having a patch of land towards the sea , that ...
... 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 , steering for a headland , remarkable for having a patch of land towards the sea , that ...
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... distance from the tents * The expression " fixed ice " appearing better suited to our present obstacle than that of " land ice , " I shall in future adopt it in speaking of this barrier . We now hoisted two of being about four miles ...
... distance from the tents * The expression " fixed ice " appearing better suited to our present obstacle than that of " land ice , " I shall in future adopt it in speaking of this barrier . We now hoisted two of being about four miles ...
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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