Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions ...G. H. Derby and Company, 1852 - 396 páginas |
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... boat being able to live among the confused mass by which we were encompassed ; yet as this appeared to be our only refuge , we clung to it with all the eagerness of a last resource . " From the injury the vessel repeatedly received , it ...
... boat being able to live among the confused mass by which we were encompassed ; yet as this appeared to be our only refuge , we clung to it with all the eagerness of a last resource . " From the injury the vessel repeatedly received , it ...
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... boats making for Hood's River by the way of the Arctic Sound , and being taken as far up the stream as possible . On the 31st it was found impossible to pro- ceed with them farther , and smaller canoes were made , suitable for crossing ...
... boats making for Hood's River by the way of the Arctic Sound , and being taken as far up the stream as possible . On the 31st it was found impossible to pro- ceed with them farther , and smaller canoes were made , suitable for crossing ...
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... boat was sent on shore at Byam Martin Island with Capt . Sabine , Mr. J. C. Ross , and the surgeons , to make ... boats with a party of officers were dispatched to examine its shores . Some reindeer and musk oxen were seen on ...
... boat was sent on shore at Byam Martin Island with Capt . Sabine , Mr. J. C. Ross , and the surgeons , to make ... boats with a party of officers were dispatched to examine its shores . Some reindeer and musk oxen were seen on ...
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... boat was sent on shore on the 6th to procure turf or peat for fuel , and , strangely enough , some small pieces of tolerably good coal were found in various places scattered over the surface . A party of officers that went on shore on ...
... boat was sent on shore on the 6th to procure turf or peat for fuel , and , strangely enough , some small pieces of tolerably good coal were found in various places scattered over the surface . A party of officers that went on shore on ...
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... boats of the Hecla . On the following day , in lat . 60 ° 53 ' N. , long . 61 ° 39 ′ W. , they made the pack or main body of ice , having many large bergs in and near it . On the 19th , Resolution Island , at the en- trance of Hudson's ...
... boats of the Hecla . On the following day , in lat . 60 ° 53 ' N. , long . 61 ° 39 ′ W. , they made the pack or main body of ice , having many large bergs in and near it . On the 19th , Resolution Island , at the en- trance of Hudson's ...
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Página 154 - Medal of the Bath and West of England Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, was unanimously voted to him.
Página 306 - Venerable, off the coast of Holland, the i2th of October, by log (nth1 three PM Camperdown ESE eight mile. Wind N. by E. Sir, I have the pleasure to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that...
Página 146 - This indeed, was of no consequence, beyond the discomfort of first putting them on in this state, as they were sure to be thoroughly wet in a quarter of an hour after commencing our journey; while on the other hand, it was of vital importance to keep dry things for sleeping in. Being "rigged...
Página 280 - Sir John, where are the English fields, And where are the English trees, And where are the little English flowers That open in the breeze? Be still, be still, my brave sailors! You shall see the fields again, And smell the scent of the opening flowers; The grass, and the waving grain.
Página 73 - 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 130 - Never perhaps was witnessed a finer scene than on the deck of my little ship, when all hope of life had left us. Noble as the character of the British sailor is always allowed to be, in cases of danger, yet I did not believe it to be possible, that among forty-one persons, not one repining word should have been uttered.
Página 73 - It would be impossible for me to describe our sensations after entering this miserable abode, and discovering how we had been neglected : the whole party shed tears, not so much for our own fate, as for that of our friends in the rear, whose lives depended entirely on our sending immediate relief from this place.
Página 89 - 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 76 - Their spirits were revived by this small supply, and the Doctor endeavoured to raise them still higher by the prospect of Hepburn's being able to kill a deer next day, as they had seen, and even fired at, several near the house.
Página 177 - LORD, by whom we escape death. 21 GOD shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wickedness. 22 The LORD hath said, I will bring my people again, as I did from Basan, mine own will I bring again, as I did sometime from the deep of the sea.