A Review of the Proceedings of the Arctic Searching ExpeditionsJ.D. Potter, 1851 - 30 páginas |
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Admiralty appear Arctic Committee asked Assistance and tender Austin and Ommanney Baffin Bay Barlow Inlet Barrow Strait Beechey Island birds boat Cape Hotham Cape Martyr Cape Riley Cape Walker Capt Captain Austin Captain Martin Captain Ommaney Captain Penny Captain Stewart chart coast command crews Davis Straits declaration depôt despatch direction discovered dog-sledges Erebus and Terror examined exploration further Go up Wellington Goodsir Griffith Island hope instructions Intrepid Jones Sound journey Lady Franklin Lancaster Sound land late letter Lieutenant Lordships Majesty's ship Mate Melville Island miles missing Expedition missing ships navigation North Star north-west northward officers open water opinion Parry Islands parties Penny's Peterhead proceeding provisions Queen Victoria Channel Report Resolute season Second Master sent shore Sir James Ross Sir John Franklin Sir John Ross sledges Sophia steamer tion traces vessels weather Wellington Channel Wellington Strait westward Whaling WILLIAM PENNY winter quarters
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Página 39 - An Act to repeal an Act of the present session of Parliament, intituled ' An Act for the more effectual abolition of oaths and affirmations taken and made in various departments of the State, and to substitute declarations in lieu thereof,' and for the more entire suppression of voluntary and extra judicial oaths and affidavits, and to make other provisions for the abolition of unnecessary oaths.
Página 18 - ... and weighed the opinions of the officers when at their extremes, I have arrived at the conclusion that the expedition under Sir John Franklin did not prosecute the object of its mission to the southward and westward of Wellington Strait...
Página 18 - Strait; and having communicated with Captain Penny and fully considered his official reply to my letter, relative to the search of Wellington Strait by the expedition under his charge (unhappily without success), I do not feel authorised to prosecute (even if practicable) a further search in those directions. " 47. It is now my intention to proceed with all despatch to attempt the search of Jones Sound ; looking to their Lordships' intention, and to the impression that may now become strengthened...
Página 1 - From the logs of the whalers year after year, we learn that when once they have succeeded in rounding the middle ice, they enter Lancaster Sound with facility. Had Sir John Franklin, then, gained that Sound, and from the premises we appear to be fully justified in concluding that he did so, and had he afterwards encountered a compact field of ice barring Barrow Strait and Wellington Sound, he would then, after being convinced that he would lose the season in attempting to bore through it, have borne...
Página 20 - 6. On your proceeding in the above direction, too much vigilance cannot be observed in your search along the various shores for traces of the missing Expedition. At the same time you will bear in mind that Sir John Franklin's orders were ' to push on through Lancaster Sound, without stopping to examine any openings north or south of that sound, till he had reached Cape Walker...
Página 1 - ... the mast-head in that direction. It seems more than probable, therefore, that it may be found to communicate with Wellington Strait ; so that if Sir John Franklin's ships have been detained anywhere to the northward of the Parry Islands, it would be by Jones...
Página 15 - N. of Cape Hotham. I much regretted that our remaining strength did not admit of my placing at his disposal sufficient aid to convey a boat, that he might ascertain its nature and extent. " 36. The extended parties returned — unhappily without any trace whatever — between the 28th of May and the 4th of July, in safety and good health, but requiring short periods of rest and comfort to remove the effects of privation and fatigue. They were out respectively...
Página 43 - That the birds are very agreeable food, are in taste and size somewhat like young pigeons, and are called by the sailors 'roches.' " That on the 26th or 28th of the said month of July two parties of Sir John's officers, who had been out shooting. dined with the declarant, on board the Enterprise. There was a boat with six from each ship. Their conversation was to the same effect as Sir John's. They spoke of expecting to be absent four, or five, or perhaps six years. These officers also said that...
Página 5 - Channel, the .4$si*tance being about one mile and a half to the westward of us. Finding that the traces were apparently those of a retreating! party, I thought it my proper course to return to the east side of Wellington Channel, which I accordingly did. The succeeding morning I landed with a party and examined the coast from ten miles to the northward of Cape Spencer to "that promontory, and an encampment was found near the latter place, seemingly that of a hunting party about three years previous....
Página 6 - Channel being blocked up with old land-ice no alternative was left but to proceed to the westward, with a view of reaching Cape Walker, or attempting some other passage between the islands of the Parry Group, or, failing either of these, Melville Island. Following out this course, we pushed on through the...