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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... proceed up the middle of Davis ' Strait , to a high northern lati- tude , and then to stretch across to the westward , in the hope of being able to pass the northern extremity of America , and reach Behring's Strait by that route ...
... proceed up the middle of Davis ' Strait , to a high northern lati- tude , and then to stretch across to the westward , in the hope of being able to pass the northern extremity of America , and reach Behring's Strait by that route ...
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... proceeds to state- " The ice soon began to press heavily upon us , and , to add to our difficulties , we found the water so shallow that the rocks were plainly discovered under the bot- toms of the ships . It was impossible , however ...
... proceeds to state- " The ice soon began to press heavily upon us , and , to add to our difficulties , we found the water so shallow that the rocks were plainly discovered under the bot- toms of the ships . It was impossible , however ...
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... proceed round the south cape of Spitzbergen , and make an attempt be- tween that island and Nova Zembla . On the 30th of July , a sudden gale came on , and brought down the main body of the ice upon them , so that the ships were in such ...
... proceed round the south cape of Spitzbergen , and make an attempt be- tween that island and Nova Zembla . On the 30th of July , a sudden gale came on , and brought down the main body of the ice upon them , so that the ships were in such ...
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... proceed in his own vessel upon the inter- esting service still unexecuted ; but this could not be complied with , in consequence of the hazard to the crew of proceeding home singly in a vessel so shat- tered and unsafe as the Dorothea ...
... proceed in his own vessel upon the inter- esting service still unexecuted ; but this could not be complied with , in consequence of the hazard to the crew of proceeding home singly in a vessel so shat- tered and unsafe as the Dorothea ...
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... proceed farther . However , they were at last calmed , and arrived on the 20th of August at Fort En- terprise , on Winter Lake , which , by the advice of their Indian guides , they determined on making their winter quarters . The total ...
... proceed farther . However , they were at last calmed , and arrived on the 20th of August at Fort En- terprise , on Winter Lake , which , by the advice of their Indian guides , they determined on making their winter quarters . The total ...
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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