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The ice again opening , we were now obliged to dismiss them , after half an
hour's visit , when , having run to the Hecla's bows to see Captain Lyon and his
people , they returned to their sledge as fast as their loads of presents would al .
low ...
The ice again opening , we were now obliged to dismiss them , after half an
hour's visit , when , having run to the Hecla's bows to see Captain Lyon and his
people , they returned to their sledge as fast as their loads of presents would al .
low ...
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In a few minutes it came in contact , at the rate of a mile and a half an hour , with a
point of the land . ice left the preceding night by its own separation , breaking it up
with a tremendous crash , and for . cing numberless immense masses ...
In a few minutes it came in contact , at the rate of a mile and a half an hour , with a
point of the land . ice left the preceding night by its own separation , breaking it up
with a tremendous crash , and for . cing numberless immense masses ...
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... and was making considerable progress towards us , which determined me to
move the Fury as soon as possible from her present situation into the bight I had
sounded in the morning , where we made fast in five and a half fathoms
alongside ...
... and was making considerable progress towards us , which determined me to
move the Fury as soon as possible from her present situation into the bight I had
sounded in the morning , where we made fast in five and a half fathoms
alongside ...
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Immediately on opening the inlet we encountered a rapid current setting outward
, and , after rowing a mile and a half to the N.W.b.W. , the breadth of the stream
varying from one third of a mile to four or five hundred yards , came to some shoal
...
Immediately on opening the inlet we encountered a rapid current setting outward
, and , after rowing a mile and a half to the N.W.b.W. , the breadth of the stream
varying from one third of a mile to four or five hundred yards , came to some shoal
...
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In a few min . utes after we had joined them , however , a few pres . ents served to
dissipate all their apprehensions , if , indeed , people could be said to entertain
any who thus fearlessly met us half way ; and we immediately persuaded them ...
In a few min . utes after we had joined them , however , a few pres . ents served to
dissipate all their apprehensions , if , indeed , people could be said to entertain
any who thus fearlessly met us half way ; and we immediately persuaded them ...
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| Título | 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, Volumen2 School District Library, no. 100-[101?] 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, Sir William Edward Parry |
| Autor | Sir William Edward Parry |
| Editor | Harper, 1843 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad Estatal de Ohio |
| Digitalizado | 23 Mayo 2013 |
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