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, Volumen2Harper, 1843 |
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... Hecla had been enabled to get under sail , and was making considerable progress towards us , which determined me to move the Fury as soon as possible from her present situation into the bight I had sounded in the morning , where we made ...
... Hecla had been enabled to get under sail , and was making considerable progress towards us , which determined me to move the Fury as soon as possible from her present situation into the bight I had sounded in the morning , where we made ...
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... Hecla's men ; to which , in the present unfavourable state of the ice , I gladly consented , as the most likely means of procuring information of interest during this our unavoidable detention . Being equipped with a small tent ...
... Hecla's men ; to which , in the present unfavourable state of the ice , I gladly consented , as the most likely means of procuring information of interest during this our unavoidable detention . Being equipped with a small tent ...
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... Hecla standing towards us , and rejoined her at a quarter before eleven , when Captain Lyon came on board to com- municate the result of his late journey , of which he furnished me with the following account , accom . panied by a sketch ...
... Hecla standing towards us , and rejoined her at a quarter before eleven , when Captain Lyon came on board to com- municate the result of his late journey , of which he furnished me with the following account , accom . panied by a sketch ...
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... Hecla , but , not expecting a boat so late , lay down to sleep . I soon found my mis- take , for a large party came drumming on the side of the tent , and crying out that a little ship ' was coming , and , in fact , I found the boat ...
... Hecla , but , not expecting a boat so late , lay down to sleep . I soon found my mis- take , for a large party came drumming on the side of the tent , and crying out that a little ship ' was coming , and , in fact , I found the boat ...
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... HECLA . Having built a pile of stones upon the promontory , which , from its situation with respect to the Continent of America , I called CAPE NORTHEAST , we walked back to our tent and bag- gage , these having , for the sake of ...
... HECLA . Having built a pile of stones upon the promontory , which , from its situation with respect to the Continent of America , I called CAPE NORTHEAST , we walked back to our tent and bag- gage , these having , for the sake of ...
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animals appeared arrived beach board the Fury boats bone breeze canoes Captain Hoppner Captain Lyon circumstance clear close clothes coast Cockburn Island considerable continued course direction distance dogs dovekies drift eastward eight Esquimaux extreme farther fathoms favourable feet five floe four fresh Fury's gale Greenland half past halted Hammerfest hauled Hecla huts Igloolik inches inlet journey Kabloonas kind labour land latitude length Lieutenant longitude by chronometers loose ice manner miles morning night noon northward NORTHWEST PASSAGE observed occasion officers open water party pemmican piece provisions quantity quarter reindeer remarkable rest round sail scarcely seahorse season secured seven P.M. ships shore side six A.M. skin sledge snow soon southward Spitzbergen strait Table Island tent thick tion Toolemak travelling usual walrus ward weather westward whale whole wind Winter Island winter passed women yards