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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... about us , independently of situation , allow us to hope for it ; but both these unfavourable cir . cumstances had been brought about by a contin- gency which no human power or judgment could have obviated 62 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE ...
... about us , independently of situation , allow us to hope for it ; but both these unfavourable cir . cumstances had been brought about by a contin- gency which no human power or judgment could have obviated 62 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE ...
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... situation the vessels were supposed still to remain . * We observed on this occasion as on our first ar- rival at Igloolik , that the new Esquimaux were obliged to have recourse to the others to interpret to them our meaning , which ...
... situation the vessels were supposed still to remain . * We observed on this occasion as on our first ar- rival at Igloolik , that the new Esquimaux were obliged to have recourse to the others to interpret to them our meaning , which ...
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... situation of a place , the best route , or the most ad- visable method of overcoming any difficulty , Too- lemak invariably referred to his wife ; and a con- sultation of some minutes was held by these two before they would determine on ...
... situation of a place , the best route , or the most ad- visable method of overcoming any difficulty , Too- lemak invariably referred to his wife ; and a con- sultation of some minutes was held by these two before they would determine on ...
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... situation . " Their answer was de . cidedly adverse to remaining ; and it was fortified with such good reasons , connected with the health of the officers and crews , as scarcely to leave me at liberty to adopt any other course than ...
... situation . " Their answer was de . cidedly adverse to remaining ; and it was fortified with such good reasons , connected with the health of the officers and crews , as scarcely to leave me at liberty to adopt any other course than ...
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... situation did not , I believe , differ half a mile from what it had then been . As the sun went down nearly in the direction of the strait , we obtained from the masthead a distinct and extensive view in that quar- ter , and it is ...
... situation did not , I believe , differ half a mile from what it had then been . As the sun went down nearly in the direction of the strait , we obtained from the masthead a distinct and extensive view in that quar- ter , and it is ...
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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