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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... be conceived from the following description of what happened to us on the 9th . At half past eight on the morning of the 9th , a considerable space of open water being left to the northward 12 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... be conceived from the following description of what happened to us on the 9th . At half past eight on the morning of the 9th , a considerable space of open water being left to the northward 12 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... past two P.M. , after the most gratify- ing visit we had ever paid to the shore in these re- gions . As we We found on our return that a fresh , southerly breeze , which had been blowing for several hours , had driven the ice to some ...
... past two P.M. , after the most gratify- ing visit we had ever paid to the shore in these re- gions . As we We found on our return that a fresh , southerly breeze , which had been blowing for several hours , had driven the ice to some ...
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... past nine A.M. we observed several tents on the low shore immediately abreast of us , and presently afterward five canoes made their appearance at the edge of the land - ice inter- vening between us and the beach . We soon found , by ...
... past nine A.M. we observed several tents on the low shore immediately abreast of us , and presently afterward five canoes made their appearance at the edge of the land - ice inter- vening between us and the beach . We soon found , by ...
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... past which was quite new to me . In ten minutes the natives had picked the deer's bones so clean that even the hungry dogs disdained to gnaw them a second time . Dunn and myself made our break- fast on a choice slice cut from the spine ...
... past which was quite new to me . In ten minutes the natives had picked the deer's bones so clean that even the hungry dogs disdained to gnaw them a second time . Dunn and myself made our break- fast on a choice slice cut from the spine ...
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... past occasionally seen black whales about the ships , and our boats were kept in constant readiness to strike one , for the sake of the oil , in which endeavour they at length succeeded this morning . The usual signal being exhibited ...
... past occasionally seen black whales about the ships , and our boats were kept in constant readiness to strike one , for the sake of the oil , in which endeavour they at length succeeded this morning . The usual signal being exhibited ...
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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