| William Stevenson, Robert Kerr - 1824 - 706 páginas
...He then steered to the north, and continuing up the strait till he was in the latitude 70° 41', he found himself " close to the edge of the ice which...as compact as a wall," and ten or twelve feet high. He was of course obliged to return to the south, and in this part of his voyage he observed, on the... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1824 - 674 páginas
...He then steered to the north, and continuing up the strait till he'was in the latitude 70° 41', he found himself " close to the edge of the ice which...as compact as a wall," and ten or twelve feet high. He was Of course obliged to return to the south, and -in this part of his voyage he observed, On the... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1824 - 526 páginas
...latitude was 70° 44', and we were near five leagues farther to the eastward. We were, at this time, close to the edge of the ice, which was as compact as a wall, and seemed to be ten or twelve feet high at least. But, farther north, it appeared much higher. Its surface... | |
| James Cook - 1842 - 654 páginas
...70° 44' ; and we were near five leagues farther to the VOL. II. 7. eastward. We were, at this time, close to the edge of the ice, which was as compact as a wall, and seemed to be ten or twelve feet high at least. But farther north, it appeared much higher. Its surface... | |
| Frank Boott Goodrich - 1858 - 614 páginas
...brightness of the horizon. At half-past two, being in latitude 71° and in twenty-two fathoms water, Cook found himself close to the edge of the ice, which was as compact as a wall and twelve feet out of water. It extended to the north as far as the eye could reach. A point of land upon... | |
| William Henry Giles Kingston - 1870 - 382 páginas
...the ships steered to the east, and on the 18th, fell in with the ice, which, in latitude 70° 44', was as compact as a wall, and ten or twelve feet high, being much higher farther to the north. It was covered with sea-horses, a number of which were caught,... | |
| Frank Boott Goodrich - 1873 - 726 páginas
...brightness of the horizon. At half-past two, being in latitude 71° and in twenty-two fathoms water, Cook found himself close to the edge of the ice, which was as compact as a wall and twelve feet out of water. It extended to the north as far as the eye could reach. A point of land upon... | |
| James Cook - 1880 - 538 páginas
...latitude was 70° 44',* and we were near five leagues farther to the eastward. We were at this time close to the edge of the ice, which was as compact as a wall, and seemed to be ten or twelve feet high at least ; but farther northward it appeared much higher. Its... | |
| 1882 - 380 páginas
...and on the 18th August reached the latitude 70° 44' N. Our navigator says : " We were at this time close to the edge of the ice, which was as compact as a wall, and seemed to be ten or twelve feet high at least, but further north much higher." The eastern extremity... | |
| James Cook - 1904 - 454 páginas
...sea-horses. On the 18th, at noon, we were near five leagues farther to the eastward. We were at this time close to the edge of the ice, which was as compact as a wall, and seemed to be ten or twelve feet high at least ; but farther north it appeared much higher. We now stood... | |
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