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, Volumen1Harper & brothers, 1840 |
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... direction except that in which we had been sail- ing , obliging us to make the ships fast to a floe . At half past three P.M. the weather cleared up , and a few narrow lanes of water being seen to the westward , every exertion was ...
... direction except that in which we had been sail- ing , obliging us to make the ships fast to a floe . At half past three P.M. the weather cleared up , and a few narrow lanes of water being seen to the westward , every exertion was ...
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... direction , the wind being moderate from the southward . About three A.M. , Tuesday , 27th , by a sudden motion of the ice , we succeeded in getting the Hecla out of her confined situation , and ran her up astern of the Griper . The ...
... direction , the wind being moderate from the southward . About three A.M. , Tuesday , 27th , by a sudden motion of the ice , we succeeded in getting the Hecla out of her confined situation , and ran her up astern of the Griper . The ...
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... direction from it . We soon after discov . ered the flagstaff which had been erected on Pos- session Mount on the former expedition ; an object which , though insignificant in itself , called up every OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 27.
... direction from it . We soon after discov . ered the flagstaff which had been erected on Pos- session Mount on the former expedition ; an object which , though insignificant in itself , called up every OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 27.
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... direction . More than forty black whales were seen during the day . We made little way on the 3d , but being favour . ed at length by the easterly breeze which was bringing up the Griper , and for which we had long been looking with ...
... direction . More than forty black whales were seen during the day . We made little way on the 3d , but being favour . ed at length by the easterly breeze which was bringing up the Griper , and for which we had long been looking with ...
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... direction nearly parallel to our course ; and as we could see clear water over it to the south- ward , I was for some time in the hope that it would prove a detached stream , from which no obstruc- tion to our progress westerly was to ...
... direction nearly parallel to our course ; and as we could see clear water over it to the south- ward , I was for some time in the hope that it would prove a detached stream , from which no obstruc- tion to our progress westerly was to ...
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afforded amusement animals appeared Arctic Circle Aurora Borealis beach became began boat breeze canoes Cape Captain Lyon Captain Sabine circumstances clear water close coast cold considerable continued course direction distance drift eastward eight P.M. endeavour Esquimaux fathoms favourable feet five floe fore four fresh frostbites gale glaucous gulls Greenland Griper ground half past heavy hill hole hundred yards huts Iligliuk immediately inches inlet Kabloona land length Lieutenant Liddon lying Melville Island miles morning musk-ox navigation nearly night noon northward Northwest Passage o'clock observed occasion officers Okotook party piece Possession Bay present ptarmigan quantity quarter ravine remark Repulse Bay sail scarcely scorbutic seal seen seven ships shore side situation six P.M. sledge snow snowdrift soon Southampton Island southward stones Strait temperature tents thermometer thick tion usual walked weather westward whole wind Winter Harbour Winter Island