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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... journey , attended by one of the Hecla's men ; to which , in the present unfavourable state of the ice , I gladly consented , as the most likely means of procuring information of interest during this our unavoidable detention . Being ...
... journey , attended by one of the Hecla's men ; to which , in the present unfavourable state of the ice , I gladly consented , as the most likely means of procuring information of interest during this our unavoidable detention . Being ...
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... journey might have procured for us . At the distance of one third of a mile from Tangle Island , where we immediately gained the open sea beyond , we observed the Hecla standing towards us , and rejoined her at a quarter before eleven ...
... journey might have procured for us . At the distance of one third of a mile from Tangle Island , where we immediately gained the open sea beyond , we observed the Hecla standing towards us , and rejoined her at a quarter before eleven ...
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... Journeys and Boat Excursions . - Observations on the Tides . -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 ...
... Journeys and Boat Excursions . - Observations on the Tides . -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 ...
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... journey of four days , arriving on the morning of the 18th at the extreme northern point of a peninsula , overlooking the nar rowest part of the desired strait , which lay imme . diately below us in about an east and west direc- tion ...
... journey of four days , arriving on the morning of the 18th at the extreme northern point of a peninsula , overlooking the nar rowest part of the desired strait , which lay imme . diately below us in about an east and west direc- tion ...
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... journey . It became , there- fore , a matter of interest , now that this point was settled and our progress again stopped by an insu- perable obstacle , to ascertain the extent and com- munication of the southern inlet ; and , should it ...
... journey . It became , there- fore , a matter of interest , now that this point was settled and our progress again stopped by an insu- perable obstacle , to ascertain the extent and com- munication of the southern inlet ; and , should it ...
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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