Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: And Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volumen1Harper, 1855 |
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... warm clothing was allowed , a wolfskin blanket being supplied to each officer and man , besides a housing - cloth , similar to that with which wagons are usually covered , to make 2 sort of tent on board . Although the finding.
... warm clothing was allowed , a wolfskin blanket being supplied to each officer and man , besides a housing - cloth , similar to that with which wagons are usually covered , to make 2 sort of tent on board . Although the finding.
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... officers and men during the whole afternoon ; and an unconcerned observer , if any could have been unconcerned on such an occasion , would have been amused by the eagerness with which the va- rious reports from the crow's - nest were ...
... officers and men during the whole afternoon ; and an unconcerned observer , if any could have been unconcerned on such an occasion , would have been amused by the eagerness with which the va- rious reports from the crow's - nest were ...
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... officers and men amused themselves in the boats , in endeavouring to kill some of the white whales which were swimming about the ships in great numbers ; but the animals were so wary , that they would scarcely suffer the boats to ap ...
... officers and men amused themselves in the boats , in endeavouring to kill some of the white whales which were swimming about the ships in great numbers ; but the animals were so wary , that they would scarcely suffer the boats to ap ...
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... - termination , in both officers and men , to accom . plish , by all possible means , the grand object on which we had the happiness to be employed . • CHAPTER III . Favourable Appearances of an open Westerly 42 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... - termination , in both officers and men , to accom . plish , by all possible means , the grand object on which we had the happiness to be employed . • CHAPTER III . Favourable Appearances of an open Westerly 42 VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... officer of the watch that a breeze had sprung up , and that there was very lit- tle ice near the ships . Anxious to take advantage of these favourable circumstances , I directed all sail to be made to the westward : there was no dif ...
... officer of the watch that a breeze had sprung up , and that there was very lit- tle ice near the ships . Anxious to take advantage of these favourable circumstances , I directed all sail to be made to the westward : there was no dif ...
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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 ground 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 sail scarcely seal seen ships shore side situation sledge snow soon Southampton Island southward stones Strait temperature tents thermometer thick tion to-day usual walked ward weather westward whole wind Winter Harbour Winter Island