Three Voyages for the Discovery of a North-west Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: And Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volumen1Harper, 1858 |
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... o'clock that we succeeded , after seven hours ' labour , in getting the Hecla into the lanes of clear water which opened more and more to the westward . On the 29th we had so much clear water , 26 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... o'clock that we succeeded , after seven hours ' labour , in getting the Hecla into the lanes of clear water which opened more and more to the westward . On the 29th we had so much clear water , 26 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... o'clock we were sailing in an open sea , perfectly free from obstruction of any kind . We now seemed all at once to have got into the headquarters of the whales . They were so nu- merous that I directed the number to be counted during ...
... o'clock we were sailing in an open sea , perfectly free from obstruction of any kind . We now seemed all at once to have got into the headquarters of the whales . They were so nu- merous that I directed the number to be counted during ...
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... it right to furnish Lieutenant Liddon with fresh instructions , and to appoint some new place of rendezvous in case of unavoidable separation from the Hecla . At ten o'clock , after having had a clear view 44 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... it right to furnish Lieutenant Liddon with fresh instructions , and to appoint some new place of rendezvous in case of unavoidable separation from the Hecla . At ten o'clock , after having had a clear view 44 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... o'clock , after having had a clear view of the ice and of the land about sunset , and finding that there was at present no passage to the westward , we hauled off to the southeast , in the hope of find . ing some opening in the ice to ...
... o'clock , after having had a clear view of the ice and of the land about sunset , and finding that there was at present no passage to the westward , we hauled off to the southeast , in the hope of find . ing some opening in the ice to ...
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... o'clock , when we obtained a sight of the sun through the fog , and were thus enabled to shape our course , the wind being moderate from the northward . At one A.M. on the 2d , a star was seen , being the first that had been visible to ...
... o'clock , when we obtained a sight of the sun through the fog , and were thus enabled to shape our course , the wind being moderate from the northward . At one A.M. on the 2d , a star was seen , being the first that had been visible to ...
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afforded amusement animals appeared beach began boat breeze cabin canoes Cape Captain Lyon Captain Sabine circumstances clear water close coast continued course deck direction distance drift eastward eight P.M. endeavour Esquimaux fathoms favourable feet five floe fore four fresh frostbites gale glaucous gulls Gore Bay Greenland Griper half past heavy Hecla hill hundred yards huts Iligliuk immediately inches inlet island Kabloona land length Lieutenant Liddon lying masses of ice Melville Island miles morning musk-ox navigation nearly night noon northward NORTHWEST PASSAGE o'clock observed occasion officers Okotook party passage pieces Possession Bay present quantity quarter ravine remark Repulse Bay round sail scarcely seal seen ships shore side situation six P.M. sledge snow soon Southampton Island southward stones Strait temperature tents thermometer thick tion to-day usual walked weather westward whole wind Winter Harbour Winter Island