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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... carried into execution by private individuals . The adventurers did not indeed accomplish the object they exclusively sought , that of reaching India by a nearer route than doubling the Cape of Good Hope , but though they failed in that ...
... carried into execution by private individuals . The adventurers did not indeed accomplish the object they exclusively sought , that of reaching India by a nearer route than doubling the Cape of Good Hope , but though they failed in that ...
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... carried out as regards the interests of science and our knowledge of the Polar regions . Although it is absurd to impute the direct responsi- bility for these expeditions to any other quarter than the several administrations during ...
... carried out as regards the interests of science and our knowledge of the Polar regions . Although it is absurd to impute the direct responsi- bility for these expeditions to any other quarter than the several administrations during ...
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... carried on a lucrative trade by sending ships to the island for oil , as many as a thousand ani- mals being often captured by the crew of a single ship in the course of six or seven hours . The progress of the discovery ships through ...
... carried on a lucrative trade by sending ships to the island for oil , as many as a thousand ani- mals being often captured by the crew of a single ship in the course of six or seven hours . The progress of the discovery ships through ...
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... carried a red flag , which was planted there to mark the great- est height we were able to attain , partly in consequence of the steepness of the ascent , but mainly on account of the detached masses of rock which a very slight matter ...
... carried a red flag , which was planted there to mark the great- est height we were able to attain , partly in consequence of the steepness of the ascent , but mainly on account of the detached masses of rock which a very slight matter ...
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... carried about 80 lbs . , be- sides his own personal baggage , weighing nearly as much more . Some of the party dragged their loads on sledges , others preferred carrying their burden on their backs . On the 13th , Dr. Richardson sent ...
... carried about 80 lbs . , be- sides his own personal baggage , weighing nearly as much more . Some of the party dragged their loads on sledges , others preferred carrying their burden on their backs . On the 13th , Dr. Richardson sent ...
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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