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... that the ice was quite covered with water , owing , probably , to the * We have
since heard that these ships were the Dexterity , of Leith , and the Aurora , of Hull
, which were wrecked on the 28th of August , 1821 , about the latitude of 72o .
... that the ice was quite covered with water , owing , probably , to the * We have
since heard that these ships were the Dexterity , of Leith , and the Aurora , of Hull
, which were wrecked on the 28th of August , 1821 , about the latitude of 72o .
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The canal formed by laying sand on the ice was now quite through in most places
, showing that the plan would , in this latitude at least , always ensure a ship's
escape at an earlier season than by the reg . ular course of nature , provided it ...
The canal formed by laying sand on the ice was now quite through in most places
, showing that the plan would , in this latitude at least , always ensure a ship's
escape at an earlier season than by the reg . ular course of nature , provided it ...
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The constant besetment of the ships , and our daily observations for latitude and
longitude , afforded a favourable opportunity for ascertaining precisely the set of
any currents by which the whole body of ice might be actuated . By attending very
...
The constant besetment of the ships , and our daily observations for latitude and
longitude , afforded a favourable opportunity for ascertaining precisely the set of
any currents by which the whole body of ice might be actuated . By attending very
...
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... it is hard to conceive any one thing more like another than two winters passed
in the higher latitudes of the Polar Regions , except when variety happens to be
afforded by intercourse with some other branch of 6 the whole family of man .
... it is hard to conceive any one thing more like another than two winters passed
in the higher latitudes of the Polar Regions , except when variety happens to be
afforded by intercourse with some other branch of 6 the whole family of man .
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... du . ring the night of the 25th , a second bay , about the same size as the other ,
and also appearing open to the sea ; it lies in latitude ( by account from the
preceding and following noon ) 73 ° 19 ' 30 ' ' , and its width is one mile and a half
.
... du . ring the night of the 25th , a second bay , about the same size as the other ,
and also appearing open to the sea ; it lies in latitude ( by account from the
preceding and following noon ) 73 ° 19 ' 30 ' ' , and its width is one mile and a half
.
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| Título | 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, Volumen2 School District Library, no. 100-[101?] 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, Sir William Edward Parry |
| Autor | Sir William Edward Parry |
| Editor | Harper, 1843 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad Estatal de Ohio |
| Digitalizado | 23 Mayo 2013 |
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