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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And Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole Sir William Edward Parry. Drawn by Cape Lyon HN . Dick . ESKIMAUX BUILDING A SNOW HUT.
And Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole Sir William Edward Parry. Drawn by Cape Lyon HN . Dick . ESKIMAUX BUILDING A SNOW HUT.
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... . This entrance faces the south or southeast ; and as the wind was now blowing fresh from that quar- ter , and thick snow beginning to fall , these habita- tions did not impress us at first sight with a 22 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... . This entrance faces the south or southeast ; and as the wind was now blowing fresh from that quar- ter , and thick snow beginning to fall , these habita- tions did not impress us at first sight with a 22 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... snow , and threatening a repeti . tion of the same inclement weather as we had late- ly experienced . On the 23d we went on shore to pay another visit to the Esquimaux , who came down on the ice in great numbers to receive us ...
... snow , and threatening a repeti . tion of the same inclement weather as we had late- ly experienced . On the 23d we went on shore to pay another visit to the Esquimaux , who came down on the ice in great numbers to receive us ...
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... snow.huts , but built with much more durable materials , the lower part or foundation being of stones , and the rest of the various bones of the whale and walrus , gradu- ally inclining inward and meeting at the top . The crevices , as ...
... snow.huts , but built with much more durable materials , the lower part or foundation being of stones , and the rest of the various bones of the whale and walrus , gradu- ally inclining inward and meeting at the top . The crevices , as ...
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... snow having fallen in the last two days , scarcely a dark patch was now to be seen on any part of the land , so that the prospect at day . light on the 30th was as comfortless as can well be imagined for the parties who were just about ...
... snow having fallen in the last two days , scarcely a dark patch was now to be seen on any part of the land , so that the prospect at day . light on the 30th was as comfortless as can well be imagined for the parties who were just about ...
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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