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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... the margin of the ice . It blew fresh from the eastward during the night of the 28th , with continued rain , all which we considered favourable for dissolving and dislodging the ice , though 30 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... the margin of the ice . It blew fresh from the eastward during the night of the 28th , with continued rain , all which we considered favourable for dissolving and dislodging the ice , though 30 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... Continued Obstacles from fixed Ice . Aug. 1. - THE information obtained by Captain Lyon on his late journey with the Esquimaux served very strongly to confirm all that had before been understood from those people respecting the ...
... Continued Obstacles from fixed Ice . Aug. 1. - THE information obtained by Captain Lyon on his late journey with the Esquimaux served very strongly to confirm all that had before been understood from those people respecting the ...
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... whine of sorrow , meaning thereby to intimate that their knowledge and resources are there both at an end . The disruption of the ice continued to proceed slowly till early on the morning of the 14th ; 42 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... whine of sorrow , meaning thereby to intimate that their knowledge and resources are there both at an end . The disruption of the ice continued to proceed slowly till early on the morning of the 14th ; 42 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... continued , the water increased very much in breadth to the westward of the fixed floe to which we were at- tached ; several lanes opening out , and leaving in some places a channel not less than three miles in width . At two P.M. , the ...
... continued , the water increased very much in breadth to the westward of the fixed floe to which we were at- tached ; several lanes opening out , and leaving in some places a channel not less than three miles in width . At two P.M. , the ...
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... continued this laborious work during thirteen days , the thermometer being frequently at zero , and once as low as -9 ° in that interval . It was satisfactory , moreover , to find , that in the performance of this , not a single addi ...
... continued this laborious work during thirteen days , the thermometer being frequently at zero , and once as low as -9 ° in that interval . It was satisfactory , moreover , to find , that in the performance of this , not a single addi ...
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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