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We continued our progress northward , contend . ing with the flood - tide and the
drifting masses of ice ; and the difficulties of such a navigation may be conceived
from the following description of what happened to us on the 9th . At half past ...
We continued our progress northward , contend . ing with the flood - tide and the
drifting masses of ice ; and the difficulties of such a navigation may be conceived
from the following description of what happened to us on the 9th . At half past ...
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... tremendous crash , and for . cing numberless immense masses , perhaps
many tons in weight , to the height of fifty or sixty feet , from whence they again
rolled down on the inner or land side , and were quickly succeeded by a fresh
supply .
... tremendous crash , and for . cing numberless immense masses , perhaps
many tons in weight , to the height of fifty or sixty feet , from whence they again
rolled down on the inner or land side , and were quickly succeeded by a fresh
supply .
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... fast in five and a half fathoms alongside some very heavy grounded ice , one
third of a mile from a point of land lying next to the northward of Cape Wilson ,
and which is low for a short dis . tance next the sea . At nine o'clock a large mass
of ...
... fast in five and a half fathoms alongside some very heavy grounded ice , one
third of a mile from a point of land lying next to the northward of Cape Wilson ,
and which is low for a short dis . tance next the sea . At nine o'clock a large mass
of ...
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... they dropped their canoes astern to the whale's tail , from which they cut off
enormous lumps of flesh and ravenously devoured it ; after which they followed
our boats in - shore , where the carcass was made fast to a mass of grounded ice
for ...
... they dropped their canoes astern to the whale's tail , from which they cut off
enormous lumps of flesh and ravenously devoured it ; after which they followed
our boats in - shore , where the carcass was made fast to a mass of grounded ice
for ...
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Early in the morning , a she - bear and her two cubs were ob . served floating
down on one of these masses , and , coming close to the Hecla , were all killed .
The female proved remarkably small , two or three men being able to lift her into
a ...
Early in the morning , a she - bear and her two cubs were ob . served floating
down on one of these masses , and , coming close to the Hecla , were all killed .
The female proved remarkably small , two or three men being able to lift her into
a ...
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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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