Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions ...G. H. Derby and Company, 1852 - 396 páginas |
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... feet deep , the thermometer ranging from 40 ° to 50 ° below zero , and not a glimpse of the blessed sun from November to February , is enough to give a chill to all adventurous notions . But the officers and men engaged in the searching ...
... feet deep , the thermometer ranging from 40 ° to 50 ° below zero , and not a glimpse of the blessed sun from November to February , is enough to give a chill to all adventurous notions . But the officers and men engaged in the searching ...
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... feet high and a thousand feet long . It is hardly possible to imagine any thing more exquisite than the variety of tints which these icebergs display ; by night as well as by day they glitter with a vividness of color beyond the power ...
... feet high and a thousand feet long . It is hardly possible to imagine any thing more exquisite than the variety of tints which these icebergs display ; by night as well as by day they glitter with a vividness of color beyond the power ...
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... feet high . On the 29th of June , the Esquimaux , John Sacheuse , who had accompanied the expedition from England as interpreter , was sent on shore to communicate with the natives . About a dozen came off to visit the ship , and ...
... feet high . On the 29th of June , the Esquimaux , John Sacheuse , who had accompanied the expedition from England as interpreter , was sent on shore to communicate with the natives . About a dozen came off to visit the ship , and ...
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... feet five inches in length , which , when killed , disgorged one of these little birds entire . A fortnight later , on two boats being sent from the Isabella to procure as many of these birds as possible , for the purpose of preserving ...
... feet five inches in length , which , when killed , disgorged one of these little birds entire . A fortnight later , on two boats being sent from the Isabella to procure as many of these birds as possible , for the purpose of preserving ...
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... feet by the coloring matter . " There is noth- ing new , however , according to Barrow , in the discov- ery of red snow . Pliny , and other writers of his time mention it . Saussure found it in various parts of the Alps ; Martin found ...
... feet by the coloring matter . " There is noth- ing new , however , according to Barrow , in the discov- ery of red snow . Pliny , and other writers of his time mention it . Saussure found it in various parts of the Alps ; Martin found ...
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Admiralty 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 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 passed perilous Plover Polar Sea proceeded provisions quarters reached Regent Inlet regions Repulse Bay Rescue Richardson Ross's sailed seamen season sent ships shore Sir James Ross Sir John Barrow Sir John Franklin Sir John Ross sledges snow southward Spitzbergen tion vessels voyage Wellington Channel westward whalers wind winter