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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... floe , which proved so 66 rotten " and decayed that the ships forced themselves three or four hundred yards through it before they stop . ped . Keeping all our canvass spread , we then tried to break the thin edges about the numerous ...
... floe , which proved so 66 rotten " and decayed that the ships forced themselves three or four hundred yards through it before they stop . ped . Keeping all our canvass spread , we then tried to break the thin edges about the numerous ...
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... floe had separated , exactly in a line between the island off which we lay and a second to the westward of it , subsequently named in honour of LORD AMHERst . Tacking at the newly - formed margin of the fixed ice , we observed , not ...
... floe had separated , exactly in a line between the island off which we lay and a second to the westward of it , subsequently named in honour of LORD AMHERst . Tacking at the newly - formed margin of the fixed ice , we observed , not ...
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... floe in small pieces during the day , and drift past the ships . Early in the morning , a she - bear and her two cubs were ob- served floating down on one of these masses , and , coming close to the Hecla , were all killed . The female ...
... floe in small pieces during the day , and drift past the ships . Early in the morning , a she - bear and her two cubs were ob- served floating down on one of these masses , and , coming close to the Hecla , were all killed . The female ...
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... floe . Having now completely satisfied myself , that , as respected both ice and land , there was no naviga- ble passage for ships about this latitude , no time was lost in setting out on our return . At half past eight we arrived on ...
... floe . Having now completely satisfied myself , that , as respected both ice and land , there was no naviga- ble passage for ships about this latitude , no time was lost in setting out on our return . At half past eight we arrived on ...
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... 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 wind suddenly shifting to the westward , closed up every open space in a few ...
... 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 wind suddenly shifting to the westward , closed up every open space in a few ...
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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