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Happily , however , neither of these occurred , the floe remaining stationary for
the rest of the tide , and setting off with the ebb which made soon after . In the
mean while the Hecla had been enabled to get under sail , and was making ...
Happily , however , neither of these occurred , the floe remaining stationary for
the rest of the tide , and setting off with the ebb which made soon after . In the
mean while the Hecla had been enabled to get under sail , and was making ...
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After remaining nearly an hour , fixed , as it were , to the spot by the novelty and
magnificence of the scene before us , we continued our walk upward along the
banks ; and after passing the two small . er cataracts , found the river again ...
After remaining nearly an hour , fixed , as it were , to the spot by the novelty and
magnificence of the scene before us , we continued our walk upward along the
banks ; and after passing the two small . er cataracts , found the river again ...
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In every direction around the huts were lying innumerable bones of walruses and
seals , together with sculls of dogs , bears , and foxes , on many of which a part of
the putrid flesh still remaining sent forth the most offensive effluvia . We were ...
In every direction around the huts were lying innumerable bones of walruses and
seals , together with sculls of dogs , bears , and foxes , on many of which a part of
the putrid flesh still remaining sent forth the most offensive effluvia . We were ...
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... from the sea on one side or the other ; while the current , which we had
observed to run in an easterly direction in the narrows of this strait , precluded the
possibility of such ice having found its way in from that quarter . The only
remaining ...
... from the sea on one side or the other ; while the current , which we had
observed to run in an easterly direction in the narrows of this strait , precluded the
possibility of such ice having found its way in from that quarter . The only
remaining ...
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The weather fortunately remaining extremely mild , no young ice was formed to
obstruct our way , and we arrived on board at noon the following day , after an
examina . tion peculiarly satisfactory , inasmuch as it proved the non - existence
of ...
The weather fortunately remaining extremely mild , no young ice was formed to
obstruct our way , and we arrived on board at noon the following day , after an
examina . tion peculiarly satisfactory , inasmuch as it proved the non - existence
of ...
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| Título | 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, Volumen2 School District Library, no. 100-[101?] 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, Sir William Edward Parry |
| Autor | Sir William Edward Parry |
| Editor | Harper, 1843 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad Estatal de Ohio |
| Digitalizado | 23 Mayo 2013 |
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