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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... tion these people give of the distances from one place to another , as expressed by the number of seeniks ( sleeps ) or days ' journeys , to which , in other countries , a definite value is affixed . No two Es- quimaux will give the ...
... tion these people give of the distances from one place to another , as expressed by the number of seeniks ( sleeps ) or days ' journeys , to which , in other countries , a definite value is affixed . No two Es- quimaux will give the ...
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... tion , in readiness for moving whenever the Hecla should be enabled to rejoin us . I found the sound . ings regular in almost every part , and had just landed to obtain a view from an eminence , when I was recalled by a signal from the ...
... tion , in readiness for moving whenever the Hecla should be enabled to rejoin us . I found the sound . ings regular in almost every part , and had just landed to obtain a view from an eminence , when I was recalled by a signal from the ...
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... tion to give battle . After they had got into the water , three were struck with harpoons and killed from the boats . When first wounded they became quite furious , and one , which had been struck from Captain Lyon's boat , made a ...
... tion to give battle . After they had got into the water , three were struck with harpoons and killed from the boats . When first wounded they became quite furious , and one , which had been struck from Captain Lyon's boat , made a ...
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... tion than usual is required , they contrive , by put- ting two of these together , to form a sort of double tent somewhat resembling a marquee , and support- ed by two poles . The difference between these tents and the one I had seen in ...
... tion than usual is required , they contrive , by put- ting two of these together , to form a sort of double tent somewhat resembling a marquee , and support- ed by two poles . The difference between these tents and the one I had seen in ...
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... 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 , repeatedly stroking down the front of ...
... 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 , repeatedly stroking down the front of ...
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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