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 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 6-10 de 35
Página 73
... considered as over . The 28th was our third day , but a heavy northerly gale and thick drift prevent ed our visiting the grave . The 29th , although not fine , was more moderate , and I accompanied him at an early hour . Arriving at the ...
... considered as over . The 28th was our third day , but a heavy northerly gale and thick drift prevent ed our visiting the grave . The 29th , although not fine , was more moderate , and I accompanied him at an early hour . Arriving at the ...
Página 76
... idea , they naturally measured our respective importance by the riches they supposed each to possess . The ships they considered , as a matter of course , to belong to Captain Lyon and 76 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... idea , they naturally measured our respective importance by the riches they supposed each to possess . The ships they considered , as a matter of course , to belong to Captain Lyon and 76 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
Página 78
... considered as al- most unknown in the winter sky of the Polar Re- gions . It is not improbable that these may have , in part , owed their origin to a large extent of sea keeping open to the southeastward throughout the winter , though ...
... considered as al- most unknown in the winter sky of the Polar Re- gions . It is not improbable that these may have , in part , owed their origin to a large extent of sea keeping open to the southeastward throughout the winter , though ...
Página 83
... considered an event of some interest , that the snow which fell on the 29th dissolved as it lay on our decks , being the first time that it had done so this season . We now also ventured to take off some of the hatches for an hour or ...
... considered an event of some interest , that the snow which fell on the 29th dissolved as it lay on our decks , being the first time that it had done so this season . We now also ventured to take off some of the hatches for an hour or ...
Página 100
... considered a curious and sin . gular fact in the history of sea - scurvy , that during the whole of the preceding part of this voyage , none among us but officers were in the slightest degree affected by it , a circumstance directly con ...
... considered a curious and sin . gular fact in the history of sea - scurvy , that during the whole of the preceding part of this voyage , none among us but officers were in the slightest degree affected by it , a circumstance directly con ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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