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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... taken in the Red Sea , now the great highway of overland eastern traffic , rendered its navigation more secure and punc- tual . How was he rewarded by the then existing min- istry ? Take a more recent instance in the indefatigable ...
... taken in the Red Sea , now the great highway of overland eastern traffic , rendered its navigation more secure and punc- tual . How was he rewarded by the then existing min- istry ? Take a more recent instance in the indefatigable ...
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... taken on shore , was found to be 5 ° longi- tude and 30 miles of latitude from the situation as laid down in the Admiralty Charts . They were not able to get away from here till the 20th , when the ice began to break . By cutting ...
... taken on shore , was found to be 5 ° longi- tude and 30 miles of latitude from the situation as laid down in the Admiralty Charts . They were not able to get away from here till the 20th , when the ice began to break . By cutting ...
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... taken , they set to dancing Scotch reels on the deck of the Isabella with the sailors . Captain Ross gives a pleasant description of this scene " Sacheuse's mirth and joy exceeded all bounds ; and with a good - humored officiousness ...
... taken , they set to dancing Scotch reels on the deck of the Isabella with the sailors . Captain Ross gives a pleasant description of this scene " Sacheuse's mirth and joy exceeded all bounds ; and with a good - humored officiousness ...
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... taken , our approach to the breakers only left us the alternative of either permitting the ships to be drifted broadside against the ice , and so to take their chance , or of endeavoring to force fairly into it by put- ting before the ...
... taken , our approach to the breakers only left us the alternative of either permitting the ships to be drifted broadside against the ice , and so to take their chance , or of endeavoring to force fairly into it by put- ting before the ...
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... taken on from Great Slave Lake . The whole stock of provisions they could obtain before starting was only sufficient for one day's supply , exclusive of two bar- rels of flour , three cases of preserved meats , some choco- late , arrow ...
... taken on from Great Slave Lake . The whole stock of provisions they could obtain before starting was only sufficient for one day's supply , exclusive of two bar- rels of flour , three cases of preserved meats , some choco- late , arrow ...
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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