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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... soon began to produce the effect of drifting the ice off the land . At six o'clock on the 2d , the report from the hill being favourable , and the wind and weather now also sufficiently so , we moved out of our winter's dock , which was ...
... soon began to produce the effect of drifting the ice off the land . At six o'clock on the 2d , the report from the hill being favourable , and the wind and weather now also sufficiently so , we moved out of our winter's dock , which was ...
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... soon as they came under the bows , they halted in a line , and , according to their former promise , gave three cheers , which salutation a few of us on the fore . castle did not fail to return . As soon as they got on board they ...
... soon as they came under the bows , they halted in a line , and , according to their former promise , gave three cheers , which salutation a few of us on the fore . castle did not fail to return . As soon as they got on board they ...
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... soon after . In the mean while the Hecla had been enabled to get under sail , and was making considerable progress towards us , which determined me to move the Fury as soon as possible from her present situation into the bight I had ...
... soon after . In the mean while the Hecla had been enabled to get under sail , and was making considerable progress towards us , which determined me to move the Fury as soon as possible from her present situation into the bight I had ...
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... soon obtained a fresh view of the stream running on a much higher level than before , and dashing with great impetuosity down two small cataracts . Just below this , how- ever , where the river turns almost at a right angle , we ...
... soon obtained a fresh view of the stream running on a much higher level than before , and dashing with great impetuosity down two small cataracts . Just below this , how- ever , where the river turns almost at a right angle , we ...
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... 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 towards the sea , that appeared insular in sailing along shore ...
... 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 towards the sea , that appeared insular in sailing along shore ...
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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