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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... became an object of Royal patronage , and the expedition which was com- manded by Captain Phipps ( afterward Lord Mulgrave , ) in 1773 , was fitted out at the charge of Government . The first proposer of this voyage was the Hon . Daines ...
... became an object of Royal patronage , and the expedition which was com- manded by Captain Phipps ( afterward Lord Mulgrave , ) in 1773 , was fitted out at the charge of Government . The first proposer of this voyage was the Hon . Daines ...
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... became necessary to keep the whole of the crew at the most fatiguing work , some- times for several days and nights without intermission . When this was the case , an extra meal was served to them at midnight , generally of preserved ...
... became necessary to keep the whole of the crew at the most fatiguing work , some- times for several days and nights without intermission . When this was the case , an extra meal was served to them at midnight , generally of preserved ...
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... became thick he had seen the land across the bay , except for a very short space . " At three , I went on deck ; it completely cleared for ten minutes , when I distinctly saw the land round the bottom of the bay , forming a chain of ...
... became thick he had seen the land across the bay , except for a very short space . " At three , I went on deck ; it completely cleared for ten minutes , when I distinctly saw the land round the bottom of the bay , forming a chain of ...
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... became more narrow , and at length so impeded the navigation , that it became necessary to run the ships against some of these imaginary edifices , in order to turn them aside . Even this did not always succeed , as some were so ...
... became more narrow , and at length so impeded the navigation , that it became necessary to run the ships against some of these imaginary edifices , in order to turn them aside . Even this did not always succeed , as some were so ...
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... became so completely closed up as to preclude the possibility also of retreating . Lieutenant Beechey proceeds to state- " The ice soon began to press heavily upon us , and , to add to our difficulties , we found the water so shallow ...
... became so completely closed up as to preclude the possibility also of retreating . Lieutenant Beechey proceeds to state- " The ice soon began to press heavily upon us , and , to add to our difficulties , we found the water so shallow ...
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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