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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... four A.M. on the 17th , I found that the weather had moderated and cleared up , and the ships soon after appearing in sight , we called our boat's crew up , and sent one of the Esquimaux round to the other tents to inform Captain Lyon ...
... four A.M. on the 17th , I found that the weather had moderated and cleared up , and the ships soon after appearing in sight , we called our boat's crew up , and sent one of the Esquimaux round to the other tents to inform Captain Lyon ...
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... four miles . them on board , their owners Kā - kee and Nu - yāk - kā being very well pleased with the expedient , to avoid damaging them alongside . Above an hour was occupied in endeavouring to gain additional inform- ation respecting ...
... four miles . them on board , their owners Kā - kee and Nu - yāk - kā being very well pleased with the expedient , to avoid damaging them alongside . Above an hour was occupied in endeavouring to gain additional inform- ation respecting ...
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... Four men were to accom- pany us on this vehicle , and the good - natured fel- lows volunteered to carry our luggage . A second sledge was under the charge of three boys who had eight dogs , while our team consisted of eleven . The ...
... Four men were to accom- pany us on this vehicle , and the good - natured fel- lows volunteered to carry our luggage . A second sledge was under the charge of three boys who had eight dogs , while our team consisted of eleven . The ...
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... four men , and furnished with provisions for ten days , intending , if possible , to reach the main land at a point where we could overlook the strait . In this we succeeded after a journey of four days , arriving on the morning of the ...
... four men , and furnished with provisions for ten days , intending , if possible , to reach the main land at a point where we could overlook the strait . In this we succeeded after a journey of four days , arriving on the morning of the ...
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... 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 holes , by dropping weights over the bows , as well as by various other equally ineffectual ...
... 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 holes , by dropping weights over the bows , as well as by various other equally ineffectual ...
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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