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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... appearing to extend several miles nearly in an east and west direction , or parallel to the table - land before ... appearance of the Coxe Islands , which were too remarkable to be mistaken , all con- curred in assuring us ; and it only ...
... appearing to extend several miles nearly in an east and west direction , or parallel to the table - land before ... appearance of the Coxe Islands , which were too remarkable to be mistaken , all con- curred in assuring us ; and it only ...
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... appearance , even for the navigation of a sloop of ten tons , I determined to waste no more time in the farther examination of so insignificant a place . The farther we went to the westward , the higher the hills became ; and the ...
... appearance , even for the navigation of a sloop of ten tons , I determined to waste no more time in the farther examination of so insignificant a place . The farther we went to the westward , the higher the hills became ; and the ...
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... appearance of the shore of Cockburn Island , which seemed better calculated for travelling than any that we had seen , combined to induce me to despatch another party to the westward , with the hope of increasing , by the only means ...
... appearance of the shore of Cockburn Island , which seemed better calculated for travelling than any that we had seen , combined to induce me to despatch another party to the westward , with the hope of increasing , by the only means ...
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... appearance somewhat resem- bling that of a statuary's yard . Large stores of walrus ' and seals ' flesh , principally the former , were deposited under heaps of stones all about the beach , and , as we afterward found , in various other ...
... appearance somewhat resem- bling that of a statuary's yard . Large stores of walrus ' and seals ' flesh , principally the former , were deposited under heaps of stones all about the beach , and , as we afterward found , in various other ...
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... appeared considerably improved , and she both spoke and ate a little . As she was cov- ered with so thick a coating of dirt that it could be taken off in scales , I obtained her assent to wash her face and hands a little before noon ...
... appeared considerably improved , and she both spoke and ate a little . As she was cov- ered with so thick a coating of dirt that it could be taken off in scales , I obtained her assent to wash her face and hands a little before noon ...
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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