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 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 41
Página 11
... obtained . Many of our officers and men cordially greeted these poor people as old acquaintances they were glad to see again , and they were loaded , as usual , with numerous presents , of which the only danger to be apprehended was ...
... obtained . Many of our officers and men cordially greeted these poor people as old acquaintances they were glad to see again , and they were loaded , as usual , with numerous presents , of which the only danger to be apprehended was ...
Página 12
... obtain- ed one reindeer , and had now a large seal on their sledge , to which we added a quantity of bread- dust , that seemed acceptable enough to them . As our way lay in the same direction as theirs , I would gladly have taken their ...
... obtain- ed one reindeer , and had now a large seal on their sledge , to which we added a quantity of bread- dust , that seemed acceptable enough to them . As our way lay in the same direction as theirs , I would gladly have taken their ...
Página 13
... obtain a view from an eminence , when I was recalled by a signal from the Fury , appointed to inform me of the approach of any ice . On my return , I found the external body once more in rap . id motion to the southward with the flood ...
... obtain a view from an eminence , when I was recalled by a signal from the Fury , appointed to inform me of the approach of any ice . On my return , I found the external body once more in rap . id motion to the southward with the flood ...
Página 15
... obtained a fresh view of the stream running on a much higher level than before , and dashing with great impetuosity down two small cataracts . Just below this , how- ever , where the river turns almost at a right angle , we perceived a ...
... obtained a fresh view of the stream running on a much higher level than before , and dashing with great impetuosity down two small cataracts . Just below this , how- ever , where the river turns almost at a right angle , we perceived a ...
Página 17
... obtaining four of these animals ; but we had no success with the seines , the ground proving altogether too rocky to use them with ad- vantage or safety . We returned on board at thir- ty minutes past two P.M. , after the most gratify ...
... obtaining four of these animals ; but we had no success with the seines , the ground proving altogether too rocky to use them with ad- vantage or safety . We returned on board at thir- ty minutes past two P.M. , after the most gratify ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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