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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... remarkable for having a patch of land towards the sea , that appeared insular in sailing along shore . approached this headland , which I named after my friend Mr. PENRHYN , the prospect became more and more enlivening ; for the sea was ...
... remarkable for having a patch of land towards the sea , that appeared insular in sailing along shore . approached this headland , which I named after my friend Mr. PENRHYN , the prospect became more and more enlivening ; for the sea was ...
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... 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 miles at least . We found musket- balls the ...
... 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 miles at least . We found musket- balls the ...
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... 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 reason for adopting this different mode of construction . Even if it were not the natural and happy dis ...
... 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 reason for adopting this different mode of construction . Even if it were not the natural and happy dis ...
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... 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 evening ...
... 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 evening ...
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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