The Arctic regions. To which is added, the recovery of the Resolute. With an account of the new British expedition |
Términos y frases comunes
abandoned Admiralty animals Arctic regions arrived attempt August Back Baffin's Bay Barrow Barrow's Strait bears Beechey Behring's Strait birds boats Boothia Cape Walker Capt coast Coloured Plates command Coppermine River crew deer depôt despatched direction discovered discovery distance drift endeavour England Enterprise Erebus and Terror Esquimaux expedition exploration fate favourable feet Fish River floe frozen gallant geographical Greenland Hecla Hudson's Bay Hudson's Bay Company journey Lancaster Sound land latitude Lieut Lieutenant M'Clintock M'Clure Mackenzie Mackenzie River Melville Island miles months navigation North Somerset north-west passage northern northward observed officers Parry party passed pemmican Polar Sea Pole probably provisions reached Regent Inlet Repulse Bay Richardson Ross's route sail season seen sent ships shore Sir James Ross Sir John Franklin sledge Smith Sound snow southward Spitzbergen spring summer tion travelling vessel voyage Wellington Channel westward whale
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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 53 - An Act for more effectually discovering the longitude at sea, and encouraging attempts to find a northern passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and to approach the North Pole.
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 251 - From the mutilated state of many of the corpses and the contents of the kettles it is evident that our wretched countrymen had been driven to the last resource — cannibalism — as a means of prolonging existence.
Página 151 - Sir, — I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that...
Página 279 - Ross's pillar has not however been found, and the paper has been transferred to this position, which is that in which Sir J.
Página 47 - Had my own life alone been threatened, I would not have purchased it by such a measure ; but I considered myself as intrusted also with the protection of Hepburn's, a man, who, by his humane attentions and devotedness, had so endeared himself to me, that I felt more anxiety for his safety than for my own.