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 |
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--Remarkable Halos , & c.Shooting Parties stationed at Arlagnuk.- Journeys to
Quil . liam Creek.- Arrival of Esquimaux from the Northward .-Account of a
Journey to the Westward for the purpose of reaching the Polar Sea .-- The
Esquimaux ...
--Remarkable Halos , & c.Shooting Parties stationed at Arlagnuk.- Journeys to
Quil . liam Creek.- Arrival of Esquimaux from the Northward .-Account of a
Journey to the Westward for the purpose of reaching the Polar Sea .-- The
Esquimaux ...
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... hours , had driven the ice to some distance from the land ; so that at four P.M. ,
as soon as the flood - tide had slackened , we cast off and made all possible sail
to the northward , steering for a headland , remarkable for having a patch of land
...
... hours , had driven the ice to some distance from the land ; so that at four P.M. ,
as soon as the flood - tide had slackened , we cast off and made all possible sail
to the northward , steering for a headland , remarkable for having a patch of land
...
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Both of those killed by the Fury's boats were females , and the weight of the
largest was fifteen hundred and two quarters nearly ; but it was by no means
remarkable for the largeness of its dimensions . The peculiar barking noise made
by the ...
Both of those killed by the Fury's boats were females , and the weight of the
largest was fifteen hundred and two quarters nearly ; but it was by no means
remarkable for the largeness of its dimensions . The peculiar barking noise made
by the ...
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The difference between these tents and the one I had seen in Lyon Inlet the
preceding autumn , struck me as remarkable , these having no wall of stones
around them , as is usual in many that we have before met with , nor do I know
their ...
The difference between these tents and the one I had seen in Lyon Inlet the
preceding autumn , struck me as remarkable , these having no wall of stones
around them , as is usual in many that we have before met with , nor do I know
their ...
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... which were too remarkable to be mistaken , all con . curred in assuring us ; and
it only , therefore , re . mained for us to determine whether it would fur . nish a
passage for the ships . Having made all the remarks which the lateness of the ...
... which were too remarkable to be mistaken , all con . curred in assuring us ; and
it only , therefore , re . mained for us to determine whether it would fur . nish a
passage for the ships . Having made all the remarks which the lateness of the ...
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