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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... close together that thirty have fallen at one shot . This living column , on an aver- age , might have been about six yards broad , and as many deep ; so that , allowing sixteen birds to a cubic yard , there must have been nearly four ...
... close together that thirty have fallen at one shot . This living column , on an aver- age , might have been about six yards broad , and as many deep ; so that , allowing sixteen birds to a cubic yard , there must have been nearly four ...
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... close to each other for warmth , but found the night bitterly cold , and the wind pierced through their famished frames . On resuming the journey next morning , Franklin had the misfortune to break his snow - shoes , by falling between ...
... close to each other for warmth , but found the night bitterly cold , and the wind pierced through their famished frames . On resuming the journey next morning , Franklin had the misfortune to break his snow - shoes , by falling between ...
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... close to Mr. Hood , and shoot him through the head . He represented to his companions that the de- ceased had killed himself . On examination of the body , it was found that the shot had entered the back part of the head and passed out ...
... close to Mr. Hood , and shoot him through the head . He represented to his companions that the de- ceased had killed himself . On examination of the body , it was found that the shot had entered the back part of the head and passed out ...
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... close to the stoves , where it was a little higher . Another play was performed on the 24th , and so on every fortnight . The men were employed during the day in banking up the ships with snow . On the 23d of December , the officers ...
... close to the stoves , where it was a little higher . Another play was performed on the 24th , and so on every fortnight . The men were employed during the day in banking up the ships with snow . On the 23d of December , the officers ...
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... close to the stove , and of which they knew the value , they immediately ran out with it ; and Smith not having time to put on his gloves , had his fingers in half an hour so benumbed , and the animation so com- pletely suspended , that ...
... close to the stove , and of which they knew the value , they immediately ran out with it ; and Smith not having time to put on his gloves , had his fingers in half an hour so benumbed , and the animation so com- pletely suspended , that ...
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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