Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions ...G. H. Derby and Company, 1852 - 396 páginas |
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... further expenditure of treasure , or hazard of life for the former purpose is uncalled for a mere waste of ma- terial and a tempting of providence . Enough is known to settle the question that any passage forced through those seas to ...
... further expenditure of treasure , or hazard of life for the former purpose is uncalled for a mere waste of ma- terial and a tempting of providence . Enough is known to settle the question that any passage forced through those seas to ...
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... further this object . In 1741 , the celebrated Captain Behring discovered the straits which bear his name , as we are informed by Muller , the chronicler of Russian discoveries , and several subsequent commanders of that nation seconded ...
... further this object . In 1741 , the celebrated Captain Behring discovered the straits which bear his name , as we are informed by Muller , the chronicler of Russian discoveries , and several subsequent commanders of that nation seconded ...
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... further informa- tion of these people , an officer accompanied them to their dwelling at the head of a small cove , about four miles distant from the bay , where he found a comfort- able wooden hut , well lined with moss , and stored ...
... further informa- tion of these people , an officer accompanied them to their dwelling at the head of a small cove , about four miles distant from the bay , where he found a comfort- able wooden hut , well lined with moss , and stored ...
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Peter Lund Simmonds. the land and ice ; but , next morning , their further ad- vance was stopped , and the channel by which the ves- sels had entered became so completely closed up as to preclude the possibility also of retreating ...
Peter Lund Simmonds. the land and ice ; but , next morning , their further ad- vance was stopped , and the channel by which the ves- sels had entered became so completely closed up as to preclude the possibility also of retreating ...
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... further into the ice . To effect this with any probability of success , it be came necessary to set more head - sail , though at the risk of the masts , already tottering with the pressure of that which was spread . By the expertness of ...
... further into the ice . To effect this with any probability of success , it be came necessary to set more head - sail , though at the risk of the masts , already tottering with the pressure of that which was spread . By the expertness of ...
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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