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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... nearly of a cir- cular form , and about four hundred yards in diame- ter , being rather wider than the river immediately below it . After remaining nearly an hour , fixed , as it were , to the spot by the novelty and magnificence of the ...
... nearly of a cir- cular form , and about four hundred yards in diame- ter , being rather wider than the river immediately below it . After remaining nearly an hour , fixed , as it were , to the spot by the novelty and magnificence of the ...
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... nearly ; but it was by no means remarkable for the largeness of its dimensions . The peculiar barking noise made by the walrus when irritated , may be heard , on a calm day , with great distinctness at the dis- tance of two miles at ...
... nearly ; but it was by no means remarkable for the largeness of its dimensions . The peculiar barking noise made by the walrus when irritated , may be heard , on a calm day , with great distinctness at the dis- tance of two miles at ...
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... Esquimaux to several other portions of land , all of which are insular , or nearly so , it is probable that the word simply signifies an island . proached us , that our Winter Island friends had not 20 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... Esquimaux to several other portions of land , all of which are insular , or nearly so , it is probable that the word simply signifies an island . proached us , that our Winter Island friends had not 20 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... nearly on shore . Ooyarra's senior wife now anxiously beg- ged to tattoo a little figure on my arm , which she had no sooner done than the youngest insisted on making the same mark ; and while all around were running about and screaming ...
... nearly on shore . Ooyarra's senior wife now anxiously beg- ged to tattoo a little figure on my arm , which she had no sooner done than the youngest insisted on making the same mark ; and while all around were running about and screaming ...
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... or was not a strait leading to the westward , about the parallel of 69 ° 26 ' , being nearly that in which the place called by the Esquimaux Khēmig had been found by observation to lie . In the mean time , 46 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE ...
... or was not a strait leading to the westward , about the parallel of 69 ° 26 ' , being nearly that in which the place called by the Esquimaux Khēmig had been found by observation to lie . In the mean time , 46 SECOND VOYAGE FOR 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