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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... night , I left the Fury in a boat for the purpose of sounding along the shore in that direc- tion , in readiness for moving whenever the Hecla should be enabled to rejoin us . I found the sound . ings regular in almost every part , and ...
... night , I left the Fury in a boat for the purpose of sounding along the shore in that direc- tion , in readiness for moving whenever the Hecla should be enabled to rejoin us . I found the sound . ings regular in almost every part , and ...
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... night , after several hours of extreme labour to the people in the boats . On the morning of the 13th , the ice being still close in with the land just to the northward of us , I determined on examining the supposed river in the boats ...
... night , after several hours of extreme labour to the people in the boats . On the morning of the 13th , the ice being still close in with the land just to the northward of us , I determined on examining the supposed river in the boats ...
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... an unobstructed night's run , during which we met with no ice except in some loose " streams , ' the water became so much shoaler as to make it necessary to proceed with greater caution . About this time OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 19.
... an unobstructed night's run , during which we met with no ice except in some loose " streams , ' the water became so much shoaler as to make it necessary to proceed with greater caution . About this time OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 19.
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... night was certain- ly a part of the continent . By the time we had distributed most of our pres- ents , and told some long stories about Winter Isl- and , to all which they listened with eager delight and interest , we found the weather ...
... night was certain- ly a part of the continent . By the time we had distributed most of our pres- ents , and told some long stories about Winter Isl- and , to all which they listened with eager delight and interest , we found the weather ...
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... night ; and the tents , which but a few hours before we had looked upon as the most comfortless habitations imaginable , now af . forded us a sufficient and most acceptable shelter . The evening was passed in dealing out our in ...
... night ; and the tents , which but a few hours before we had looked upon as the most comfortless habitations imaginable , now af . forded us a sufficient and most acceptable shelter . The evening was passed in dealing out our in ...
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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