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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... tents on the low shore immediately abreast of us , and presently afterward five canoes made their appearance at the edge of the land - ice inter- vening between us and the beach . We soon found , by the cautious manner in which the ...
... tents on the low shore immediately abreast of us , and presently afterward five canoes made their appearance at the edge of the land - ice inter- vening between us and the beach . We soon found , by the cautious manner in which the ...
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... tents , there being eleven where we landed , and five more about half a mile to the northward . By the time we reached the tents we were surrounded by a crowd of men , women , and children , all carrying some trifling ar- ticle , which ...
... tents , there being eleven where we landed , and five more about half a mile to the northward . By the time we reached the tents we were surrounded by a crowd of men , women , and children , all carrying some trifling ar- ticle , which ...
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... tent - pole composed of several deer's horns or the bones of other animals lashed together . At the upper end of this is attached another short piece of bone at right angles , for the purpose of extending the skins a little at the top ...
... tent - pole composed of several deer's horns or the bones of other animals lashed together . At the upper end of this is attached another short piece of bone at right angles , for the purpose of extending the skins a little at the top ...
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... tent somewhat resembling a marquee , and support- ed by two poles . The difference between these tents and the one I had seen in Lyon Inlet the pre- ceding autumn , struck me as remarkable , these having no wall of stones around them ...
... tent somewhat resembling a marquee , and support- ed by two poles . The difference between these tents and the one I had seen in Lyon Inlet the pre- ceding autumn , struck me as remarkable , these having no wall of stones around them ...
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... tents , was near that marked Ping - it - ka - lik on Ewerat's chart , and that , therefore , the low shore along which we had been constantly sailing the preceding night was certain- ly a part of the continent . By the time we had ...
... tents , was near that marked Ping - it - ka - lik on Ewerat's chart , and that , therefore , the low shore along which we had been constantly sailing the preceding night was certain- ly a part of the continent . By the time we had ...
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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