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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... reached the narrows at half past six A.M. , and immediately encountered a race or ripple , so heavy and dangerous that it was only by carrying a press of canvass on the boat that we succeeded in keep- ing the seas from constantly ...
... reached the narrows at half past six A.M. , and immediately encountered a race or ripple , so heavy and dangerous that it was only by carrying a press of canvass on the boat that we succeeded in keep- ing the seas from constantly ...
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... reaching its summit , found our . selves overlooking a long and narrow arm of the sea communicating with the inlet before seen to the eastward , and appearing to extend several miles nearly in an east and west direction , or parallel to ...
... reaching its summit , found our . selves overlooking a long and narrow arm of the sea communicating with the inlet before seen to the eastward , and appearing to extend several miles nearly in an east and west direction , or parallel to ...
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... reached the outer point of the floe , in a bay of which we had been lying , we had no longer the means of apply . ing a force from without , and , if alone , should therefore have been helpless , at least for a time . The Hecla ...
... reached the outer point of the floe , in a bay of which we had been lying , we had no longer the means of apply . ing a force from without , and , if alone , should therefore have been helpless , at least for a time . The Hecla ...
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... reached Akkolee , for they always re- ceive with eagerness any intelligence of their dis- tant country people . Many of them , and Toole- mak among the number , frequently repeated the expressions " Owyak Na - o ! " ( no summer ) ...
... reached Akkolee , for they always re- ceive with eagerness any intelligence of their dis- tant country people . Many of them , and Toole- mak among the number , frequently repeated the expressions " Owyak Na - o ! " ( no summer ) ...
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... reached the boat at three P.M. , after a walk of twenty miles . The weather fortu- nately remaining extremely mild , no young ice was formed to obstruct our way , and we arrived on board at noon the following day , after an examina ...
... reached the boat at three P.M. , after a walk of twenty miles . The weather fortu- nately remaining extremely mild , no young ice was formed to obstruct our way , and we arrived on board at noon the following day , after an examina ...
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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