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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... winds , cold blasts , snowe and hayle in the ayre ; nor the unequall seas , which might amaze the hearer , and amate the beholder , when the Tritons and Neptune's selfe would quake with chilling feare to behold such monstrous icie ...
... winds , cold blasts , snowe and hayle in the ayre ; nor the unequall seas , which might amaze the hearer , and amate the beholder , when the Tritons and Neptune's selfe would quake with chilling feare to behold such monstrous icie ...
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... wind . The Isabella was lifted by the pressure of ice floes on each side of her , and it was doubted whether the vessel could long withstand the grips and concussions she sustained ; every support threatened to give way , the beams in ...
... wind . The Isabella was lifted by the pressure of ice floes on each side of her , and it was doubted whether the vessel could long withstand the grips and concussions she sustained ; every support threatened to give way , the beams in ...
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... wind . " On the gale abating , Lieutenant Franklin found him- self surrounded by the main body of ice in lat . 80 ° N. , and had much difficulty in extricating the vessel.— Had this formidable body been encountered in thick . weather ...
... wind . " On the gale abating , Lieutenant Franklin found him- self surrounded by the main body of ice in lat . 80 ° N. , and had much difficulty in extricating the vessel.— Had this formidable body been encountered in thick . weather ...
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... winds and tides . Foreseeing the proba- bility of a separation , they took the first opportunity of dividing , in equal shares , the small quantity of pro- vision which they had remaining , as also their stock of powder and ammunition ...
... winds and tides . Foreseeing the proba- bility of a separation , they took the first opportunity of dividing , in equal shares , the small quantity of pro- vision which they had remaining , as also their stock of powder and ammunition ...
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... wind . At length , the hopeless state of a vessel placed broadside against so formidable a body became apparent to all , and we resolved to attempt the latter expedient . " Eagerly , but in vain , was the general line of the pack ...
... wind . At length , the hopeless state of a vessel placed broadside against so formidable a body became apparent to all , and we resolved to attempt the latter expedient . " Eagerly , but in vain , was the general line of the pack ...
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