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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... tents to inform Captain Lyon of our setting out . Several of the natives accom- panied us to our boat , which they cheerfully help . ed us to launch , and then went round to another part of the beach for their own canoes . A thick fog ...
... tents to inform Captain Lyon of our setting out . Several of the natives accom- panied us to our boat , which they cheerfully help . ed us to launch , and then went round to another part of the beach for their own canoes . A thick fog ...
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... tents , and situated upon the rising ground beyond the swamps and ponds before men . tioned , we found the ruins of several winter habi- tations , which , upon land so low as Igloolik , formed very conspicuous objects at the distance of ...
... tents , and situated upon the rising ground beyond the swamps and ponds before men . tioned , we found the ruins of several winter habi- tations , which , upon land so low as Igloolik , formed very conspicuous objects at the distance of ...
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... tent , in which for two hours it was scarcely possible to move , in consequence of the crowd who came to gaze at us . A new deerskin was spread for me , and Dunn having found a corner for himself , we all lay down to sleep , not ...
... tent , in which for two hours it was scarcely possible to move , in consequence of the crowd who came to gaze at us . A new deerskin was spread for me , and Dunn having found a corner for himself , we all lay down to sleep , not ...
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... tent just held Dunn and myself , although not in a very con- venient manner ; but it answered the purpose of keeping us dry , except from a stream of water that ran under us all night . " The morning of the 27th was rather fine for a ...
... tent just held Dunn and myself , although not in a very con- venient manner ; but it answered the purpose of keeping us dry , except from a stream of water that ran under us all night . " The morning of the 27th was rather fine for a ...
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... tent to watch our goods , and I had a small portion of Ooyarra's screened off for me by a seal's skin . My host and his wives having retired to an- other tent , and my visiters taking compassion on me , I went comfortably to sleep ; but ...
... tent to watch our goods , and I had a small portion of Ooyarra's screened off for me by a seal's skin . My host and his wives having retired to an- other tent , and my visiters taking compassion on me , I went comfortably to sleep ; but ...
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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