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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... Exploring Expeditions , to ascertain the fate of the great navigator . His well known intrepidity , his great experience and knowledge of the Arctic regions , the abundant supplies with which he was furnished , the various casualties ...
... Exploring Expeditions , to ascertain the fate of the great navigator . His well known intrepidity , his great experience and knowledge of the Arctic regions , the abundant supplies with which he was furnished , the various casualties ...
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... explored or are now exploring the unknown world upon which they have been permitted to enter , mapping its islands and bays , or passing on to the pole itself , full of high thoughts of the undying fame that will reward their toils ...
... explored or are now exploring the unknown world upon which they have been permitted to enter , mapping its islands and bays , or passing on to the pole itself , full of high thoughts of the undying fame that will reward their toils ...
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... explored the northern seas ; the pursuit of the whale has since led a multitude of vessels among the ice- bergs and ice - fields of the frozen ocean . Any further expenditure of treasure , or hazard of life for the former purpose is ...
... explored the northern seas ; the pursuit of the whale has since led a multitude of vessels among the ice- bergs and ice - fields of the frozen ocean . Any further expenditure of treasure , or hazard of life for the former purpose is ...
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... explored both the eastern and western coasts above Behring's Straits to so high a latitude as to decide , beyond doubt , the question as to the existence of a passage round the two continents . He showed the Russians how to navigate the ...
... explored both the eastern and western coasts above Behring's Straits to so high a latitude as to decide , beyond doubt , the question as to the existence of a passage round the two continents . He showed the Russians how to navigate the ...
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... exploring the bare rocks and everlasting ice , with no companion but the white bear or the Arctic fox , may be all very romantic at a distance ; but the mere thought of a winter residence there , frozen fast in some solid ocean , with ...
... exploring the bare rocks and everlasting ice , with no companion but the white bear or the Arctic fox , may be all very romantic at a distance ; but the mere thought of a winter residence there , frozen fast in some solid ocean , with ...
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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