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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... once to crush every expectation of this sort , it was suddenly an- nounced from the crow's nest that another barrier of fixed ice stretched completely across the strait , a little beyond us , in one continuous and impene- trable field ...
... once to crush every expectation of this sort , it was suddenly an- nounced from the crow's nest that another barrier of fixed ice stretched completely across the strait , a little beyond us , in one continuous and impene- trable field ...
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... once more opposed by a barrier of the same continuous , impenetrable , and hope . less nature as at first ! As soon as the anchors were dropped , my atten- tion was once more turned to the main object of the expedition , from which it ...
... once more opposed by a barrier of the same continuous , impenetrable , and hope . less nature as at first ! As soon as the anchors were dropped , my atten- tion was once more turned to the main object of the expedition , from which it ...
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... once more selected for that service , to be accompanied by eight men , a large number being preferred , because by this means only is it practicable to accomplish a tolerably long jour- ney , especially on account of the additional ...
... once more selected for that service , to be accompanied by eight men , a large number being preferred , because by this means only is it practicable to accomplish a tolerably long jour- ney , especially on account of the additional ...
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... once add , that two or three months after this , on laying before Ewerat our own chart of the whole coast , in order to obtain the Esqui- maux names , we discovered that the island just mentioned was called Khemig , by which name Or ...
... once add , that two or three months after this , on laying before Ewerat our own chart of the whole coast , in order to obtain the Esqui- maux names , we discovered that the island just mentioned was called Khemig , by which name Or ...
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... once as low as -9 ° in that interval . It was satisfactory , moreover , to find , that in the performance of this , not a single addi- tion had been made to the sick - list of either ship , except by the accident of one man's falling ...
... once as low as -9 ° in that interval . It was satisfactory , moreover , to find , that in the performance of this , not a single addi- tion had been made to the sick - list of either ship , except by the accident of one man's falling ...
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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