Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions: With Detailed Notices of the Expeditions in Search of the Missing Vessals Under Sir John FranklinGeo. H. Derby and Company, 1852 - 396 páginas |
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... August the little auks ( Mergulfus alle , ) were exceedingly abundant , and many were shot for food , as was also a large gull , two feet five inches in length , which , when killed , disgorged one of these little birds entire . A ...
... August the little auks ( Mergulfus alle , ) were exceedingly abundant , and many were shot for food , as was also a large gull , two feet five inches in length , which , when killed , disgorged one of these little birds entire . A ...
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... August , off the extensive inlet , named by Baf- fin , Lancaster Sound . The entrance was perfectly clear , and the soundings ranged from 650 to 1000 fath- oms . I shall now quote Ross's own observations on this subject , because from ...
... August , off the extensive inlet , named by Baf- fin , Lancaster Sound . The entrance was perfectly clear , and the soundings ranged from 650 to 1000 fath- oms . I shall now quote Ross's own observations on this subject , because from ...
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... August , and reached England by the middle of October . FRANKLIN'S FIRST LAND EXPEDITION , 1819–21 . IN 1819 , on the recommendation of the Lords of the Admiralty , Capt . Franklin was appointed to command an overland expedition from ...
... August , and reached England by the middle of October . FRANKLIN'S FIRST LAND EXPEDITION , 1819–21 . IN 1819 , on the recommendation of the Lords of the Admiralty , Capt . Franklin was appointed to command an overland expedition from ...
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... August , in lat . 59 ° 58 ′ N. , and long . 59 ° 53 ′ W. , they first fell in with large icebergs . On the following day , the height of one was ascertained to be 149 feet . After a stormy and perilous voyage they reached the anchorage ...
... August , in lat . 59 ° 58 ′ N. , and long . 59 ° 53 ′ W. , they first fell in with large icebergs . On the following day , the height of one was ascertained to be 149 feet . After a stormy and perilous voyage they reached the anchorage ...
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... August . The party met with many hardships - were placed on short diet - and some of the Canadians broke out into open rebellion , refusing to proceed farther . However , they were at last calmed , and arrived on the 20th of August at ...
... August . The party met with many hardships - were placed on short diet - and some of the Canadians broke out into open rebellion , refusing to proceed farther . However , they were at last calmed , and arrived on the 20th of August at ...
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Admiralty Arctic arrived attempt August Back Baffin's Bay Barrow's Strait Beechey Behring's Strait boats Boothia Cape Walker Capt Captain Parry Captain Sir coast Commander Coppermine Coppermine River course crew deer direction discovery dispatched drift eastward endeavor England Enterprise Erebus and Terror Esquimaux examine expedition exploring feet floes frozen Fury gale harbor Hecla hope Hudson's Bay Hudson's Bay Company Indians journey July June Lady Franklin Lake Lancaster Sound land latitude Lieut Lieutenant Mackenzie River Melville Island miles named navigation North Somerset northern northward northwest passage officers pack Parry's party passage passed Plover Polar Sea proceeded provisions quarters reached Regent Inlet Repulse Bay Rescue Richardson Ross's sailed seamen season sent ships shore Sir James Ross Sir John Franklin Sir John Ross sledges snow southward Spitzbergen tion vessels Victoria Land voyage Wellington Channel westward whalers wind winter