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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... body to the shore , where we made a grave , about a foot deep , being unable to get lower on account of the frozen earth . The body was placed on its back , at the husband's request , and he then stepped into the grave and cut all the ...
... body to the shore , where we made a grave , about a foot deep , being unable to get lower on account of the frozen earth . The body was placed on its back , at the husband's request , and he then stepped into the grave and cut all the ...
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... body , wrapped in a blanket , and having the face uncovered , being placed , the father put the slings by which its deceased mother had carried it on the right side , and , in compliance with the Esquimaux custom of burying toys and ...
... body , wrapped in a blanket , and having the face uncovered , being placed , the father put the slings by which its deceased mother had carried it on the right side , and , in compliance with the Esquimaux custom of burying toys and ...
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... bodies had been transported , as not a single small fragment was seen lying about , to warrant the supposition that they had fallen with a shock . Neither were there any marks observ . able on the smooth uncracked floe to cause a sus ...
... bodies had been transported , as not a single small fragment was seen lying about , to warrant the supposition that they had fallen with a shock . Neither were there any marks observ . able on the smooth uncracked floe to cause a sus ...
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... body of ice remained , in most parts , close to the shore , leaving us only a " hole " of water to work about in , and much nearer to the land than on this shoal and shelving coast was al- together safe for the ships . Notwithstanding ...
... body of ice remained , in most parts , close to the shore , leaving us only a " hole " of water to work about in , and much nearer to the land than on this shoal and shelving coast was al- together safe for the ships . Notwithstanding ...
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... bodies , some of them from one to two hun- dred feet in height above the sea ; and it was neces- sary , in one or two instances , to tow the ships clear of them with the boats . From this time , indeed , the obstructions from the ...
... bodies , some of them from one to two hun- dred feet in height above the sea ; and it was neces- sary , in one or two instances , to tow the ships clear of them with the boats . From this time , indeed , the obstructions from the ...
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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