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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... examine the margin of the ice . It blew fresh from the eastward during the night of the 28th , with continued rain , all which we considered favourable for dissolving and dislodging the ice , though 30 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... examine the margin of the ice . It blew fresh from the eastward during the night of the 28th , with continued rain , all which we considered favourable for dissolving and dislodging the ice , though 30 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... night on one of the rocky islands . The Esqui- maux having brought no provisions with them , I distributed our four days ' allowance of meat in equal proportions to the whole party , who after- ward lay down to sleep on the rocks ...
... night on one of the rocky islands . The Esqui- maux having brought no provisions with them , I distributed our four days ' allowance of meat in equal proportions to the whole party , who after- ward lay down to sleep on the rocks ...
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... night . " The morning of the 27th was rather fine for a short time , and we saw above thirty islands , which I named CoxE'S GROUP , varying in size from one hundred yards to a mile or more in length . Two deer were observed on the ...
... night . " The morning of the 27th was rather fine for a short time , and we saw above thirty islands , which I named CoxE'S GROUP , varying in size from one hundred yards to a mile or more in length . Two deer were observed on the ...
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... night I was attended by the same bedfellows as before ; the young puppy , however , being now bet- ter acquainted , took up his quarters in my blanket . bag , as from thence he could the more easily reach a quantity of walrus - flesh ...
... night I was attended by the same bedfellows as before ; the young puppy , however , being now bet- ter acquainted , took up his quarters in my blanket . bag , as from thence he could the more easily reach a quantity of walrus - flesh ...
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... had received . Toolemak and Ooyar . ra came on board in my boat , in order to pass the night and receive presents , and we left the beach under three hearty cheers . " CHAPTER XI . A Whale killed . - Other Charts OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE .
... had received . Toolemak and Ooyar . ra came on board in my boat , in order to pass the night and receive presents , and we left the beach under three hearty cheers . " CHAPTER XI . A Whale killed . - Other Charts OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE .
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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