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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... quarters . - Excur- sion to the Head of Quilliam Creek . - Ships forced to the Westward by Gales of Wind . - A Canal sawed through the Ice , and the Ships secured in their Winter Station . - Contin- ued Visits of the Esquimaux , and ...
... quarters . - Excur- sion to the Head of Quilliam Creek . - Ships forced to the Westward by Gales of Wind . - A Canal sawed through the Ice , and the Ships secured in their Winter Station . - Contin- ued Visits of the Esquimaux , and ...
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... quarters 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 ...
... quarters 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 ...
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... quarter before eleven , when Captain Lyon came on board to com- municate the result of his late journey , of which he furnished me with the following account , accom . panied by a sketch of the lands he had seen , as far as the ...
... quarter before eleven , when Captain Lyon came on board to com- municate the result of his late journey , of which he furnished me with the following account , accom . panied by a sketch of the lands he had seen , as far as the ...
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... quarter of a mile before us , but yet went rapidly forward to the W.N.W. , when , after about six hours , we came to a high , bold land , and a great number of islands of reddish granite , wild and bar- ren in the extreme . We here ...
... quarter of a mile before us , but yet went rapidly forward to the W.N.W. , when , after about six hours , we came to a high , bold land , and a great number of islands of reddish granite , wild and bar- ren in the extreme . We here ...
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... quarters in my blanket . bag , as from thence he could the more easily reach a quantity of walrus - flesh which lay near my head ; and I was awakened more than once by finding him gnawing a lump by my side . " On the morning of the 29th ...
... quarters in my blanket . bag , as from thence he could the more easily reach a quantity of walrus - flesh which lay near my head ; and I was awakened more than once by finding him gnawing a lump by my side . " On the morning of the 29th ...
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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