Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions ...G. H. Derby and Company, 1852 - 396 páginas |
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... ships into the Arctic Seas , to search for the lost of another nation and people , is entitled to the plau- dits of his country and his race . Nor should the commander , officers , and seamen of the American expedition be forgotten by ...
... ships into the Arctic Seas , to search for the lost of another nation and people , is entitled to the plau- dits of his country and his race . Nor should the commander , officers , and seamen of the American expedition be forgotten by ...
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... ship had actually sailed along this track . On the 15th of January , 1818 , the four ships were put in commission - the Isabella , 385 tons , and the Alexander , 252 tons - under Captain Ross , to proceed up the middle of Davis ' Strait ...
... ship had actually sailed along this track . On the 15th of January , 1818 , the four ships were put in commission - the Isabella , 385 tons , and the Alexander , 252 tons - under Captain Ross , to proceed up the middle of Davis ' Strait ...
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... ships until the 17th of July , when two ice - floes closing in upon them , threatened inevitable destruction , and it was only by the greatest exertions that they hove through into open water . The labors of warping , towing , and ...
... ships until the 17th of July , when two ice - floes closing in upon them , threatened inevitable destruction , and it was only by the greatest exertions that they hove through into open water . The labors of warping , towing , and ...
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... ships , which were at the distance of six miles from the land . They reached the Alexander , and were immediately attacked by the boats of that ship , and killed . One , which was shot through the head , unfor- tunately sank ; the other ...
... ships , which were at the distance of six miles from the land . They reached the Alexander , and were immediately attacked by the boats of that ship , and killed . One , which was shot through the head , unfor- tunately sank ; the other ...
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... ships to the island for oil , as many as a thousand ani- mals being often captured by the crew of a single ship in the course of six or seven hours . The progress of the discovery ships through the small floes and huge masses of ice ...
... ships to the island for oil , as many as a thousand ani- mals being often captured by the crew of a single ship in the course of six or seven hours . The progress of the discovery ships through the small floes and huge masses of ice ...
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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