The Arctic Regions, and Polar Discoveries During the Nineteenth Century: With the Discoveries Made by Captain McClintock as to the Fate of the Franklin ExpeditionRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860 - 294 páginas |
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Página vii
... boat pushes on to the eastward as far as Point Barrow , to commu- nicate with Franklin . - Crew in danger from the natives.- Obliged to return to their ships . - The Blossom proceeds to the Pacific to replenish her provisions ...
... boat pushes on to the eastward as far as Point Barrow , to commu- nicate with Franklin . - Crew in danger from the natives.- Obliged to return to their ships . - The Blossom proceeds to the Pacific to replenish her provisions ...
Página viii
... boats taken on with great labour . - Party erect a canvas hut , which they name Somerset House . - In a month , the boats being prepared for the voyage , the party embark and reach the mouth of the inlet . - Barrow's Strait is found one ...
... boats taken on with great labour . - Party erect a canvas hut , which they name Somerset House . - In a month , the boats being prepared for the voyage , the party embark and reach the mouth of the inlet . - Barrow's Strait is found one ...
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... - Reascent of the Copper- mine commenced . - Boats abandoned , and the Barren Grounds traverged on foot . - Spend another winter at Fort Confidence.- 132 133 PA The following season a third voyage commenced . - CONTENTS . ix.
... - Reascent of the Copper- mine commenced . - Boats abandoned , and the Barren Grounds traverged on foot . - Spend another winter at Fort Confidence.- 132 133 PA The following season a third voyage commenced . - CONTENTS . ix.
Página x
... boats abandoned.- Descent of the Coppermine , and safe arrival at Fort Con- fidence . Dr. John Rae's Land Expedition , 1846-47 Hudson's Bay Company despatch Rae and a party of thirteen men to complete the survey between Dease and ...
... boats abandoned.- Descent of the Coppermine , and safe arrival at Fort Con- fidence . Dr. John Rae's Land Expedition , 1846-47 Hudson's Bay Company despatch Rae and a party of thirteen men to complete the survey between Dease and ...
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... boats being sent from the Isabella to procure as many of these birds as possible , for the purpose of preserving them in ice , they returned at midnight with a boat - load of about 1500 , having , on an average , killed fifteen at each ...
... boats being sent from the Isabella to procure as many of these birds as possible , for the purpose of preserving them in ice , they returned at midnight with a boat - load of about 1500 , having , on an average , killed fifteen at each ...
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abandoned Admiralty Akaitcho Arctic arrived attempt August Baffin's Bay Barrow Barrow's Strait Beechey Behring's Strait boats Cape Walker Capt Captain Back Captain Crozier Captain Parry coast command companions Coppermine River crew deer despatched discovered discovery drift endeavour England Enterprise Erebus and Terror Esquimaux expedition exploring fate feet fire Fish River floe frozen Fury gale Griper Hecla Hepburn Hudson's Bay Hudson's Bay Company Indians journey June killed King William Island Lake Lancaster Sound land latitude Lieut Lieutenant Mackenzie Melville Island miles months named navigation North Somerset north-west passage northward officers party passed Polar Sea proceeded provisions quarters reached Regent Inlet Repulse Bay Richardson sailed seamen season seen sent ships shore shot Sir James Ross Sir John Franklin sledge snow southward Spitzbergen tion travelling tripe de roche vessels voyage Wellington Channel westward whale winter
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Página 106 - Medal of the Bath and West of England Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, was unanimously voted to him.
Página 209 - Down sank the baleful crimson sun, The Northern Light came out, And glared upon the ice-bound ships And shook its spears about. The snow came down, storm breeding storm, And on the decks was laid, Till the weary sailor, sick at heart, Sank down beside his spade. "Sir John, the night is black and long ; The hissing wind is bleak ; The hard green ice...
Página 41 - It would be impossible to describe our sensations after entering this miserable abode and discovering how we had been neglected; the whole party shed tears, not so much for our own fate as for that of our friends in the rear, whose lives depended entirely on our sending immediate relief from this place.
Página 210 - Oh! when shall I see my orphan child? My Mary waits for me. Oh ! when shall I see my old mother, And pray at her trembling knee? Be still, be still, my brave sailors! Think not such thoughts again.
Página 251 - Doot-ko-hi-calik), as its description, and that of the low shore in the neighbourhood of Point Ogle and Montreal Island, agree exactly with that of Sir George Back.• Some of the bodies...
Página 40 - Previous to setting out the whole party ate the remains of their old shoes and whatever scraps of leather they had to strengthen their stomachs for the fatigue of the day's journey.
Página 227 - ... the only thing of the world that was left yet undone, whereby a notable mind might be made famous and fortunate.
Página 14 - The pressure continuing to increase, it became doubtful whether the ship would be able to sustain it; every support threatened to give way, the beams in the hold began to bend, and the iron tanks settled together. At this critical moment, when it seemed impossible for...
Página 151 - Sir, — I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that...
Página 16 - At this moment I also saw a continuity of ice, at the distance of seven miles, extending from one side of the bay to the other, between the nearest cape to the north, which I named after Sir George Warrender, and that to the south, which was named after Viscount Castlereagh. The mountains, which occupied the centre, in a north and south direction, were named Croker's Mountains, after the Secretary to the Admiralty.