Arctic Explorations and Discoveries During the Nineteenth Century: Being Detailed Accounts of the Several Expeditions to the North Seas, Both English and American, Conducted by Ross, Perry, Back, Franklin, M'Clure, Dr. Kane and Others, Including the Long and Fruitless Efforts and Failures in Search of Sir John Franklin. Ed. and Completed to 1855Miller, Orton, 1857 - 517 Seiten |
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... side of the Pacific , many efforts , have , within the last century , been made to further this object . In 1741 , the celebrated Captain Behring discovered the straits which bear his name , as we are informed by Muller , the chronicler ...
... side of the Pacific , many efforts , have , within the last century , been made to further this object . In 1741 , the celebrated Captain Behring discovered the straits which bear his name , as we are informed by Muller , the chronicler ...
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... side . This land appeared to be at the distance of eight leagues , and Mr. Lewis , the master , and James Haig , leading man , being sent for , they took its bear- ings , which were inserted in the log . At this moment I also saw a ...
... side . This land appeared to be at the distance of eight leagues , and Mr. Lewis , the master , and James Haig , leading man , being sent for , they took its bear- ings , which were inserted in the log . At this moment I also saw a ...
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... side , were overtaken by a violent gale at southwest , in which they parted com- pany . The weather was very severe . " The snow fell in heavy showers , and several tons weight of ice accu- mulated about the sides of the brig , ( the ...
... side , were overtaken by a violent gale at southwest , in which they parted com- pany . The weather was very severe . " The snow fell in heavy showers , and several tons weight of ice accu- mulated about the sides of the brig , ( the ...
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... side of venison in excel- lent condition . Wishing to gain some further informa- tion of these people , an officer accompanied them to their dwelling at the head of a small cove , about four miles distant from the bay , where he found a ...
... side of venison in excel- lent condition . Wishing to gain some further informa- tion of these people , an officer accompanied them to their dwelling at the head of a small cove , about four miles distant from the bay , where he found a ...
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... side , or have overset the vessel at once . In either case , the event would probably have proved fatal to all on board , as it would have been next to impossible to rescue any person from the confused moving mass of brash ice which ...
... side , or have overset the vessel at once . In either case , the event would probably have proved fatal to all on board , as it would have been next to impossible to rescue any person from the confused moving mass of brash ice which ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Admiralty Arctic arrived attempt August Back Baffin's Bay Barrow's Strait Beechey Beechey Island Behring's Strait boats Cape Walker Capt Captain Parry Captain Sir coast Commander continued Coppermine Coppermine River course crew direction discovered discovery dispatched drifted eastward endeavor England Enterprise Esquimaux examine expedition exploring feet floes frozen Fury gale Greenland harbor Hecla hope Hudson's Bay Hudson's Bay Company icebergs journey July June Kane Lady Franklin Lake Lancaster Sound land latitude Lieutenant Mackenzie River Melville Island miles months navigation North Somerset northern northward officers pack party passage passed pemmican perilous Polar Sea Pole proceeded provisions quarters reached Regent Inlet regions Richardson sailed seamen season sent ships shore Sir James Ross Sir John Franklin Sir John Ross sledges snow Spitzbergen tion traces traveled vessels Victoria Land voyage Wellington Channel western westward whalers wind winter
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Seite 310 - Venerable, off the coast of Holland, the i2th of October, by log (nth1 three PM Camperdown ESE eight mile. Wind N. by E. Sir, I have the pleasure to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that...
Seite 202 - I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that her Majesty's ships Erebus and Terror...
Seite 154 - Medal of the Bath and West of England Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, was unanimously voted to him.
Seite 75 - It would be impossible to describe our sensations after entering this miserable abode and discovering how we had been neglected; the whole party shed tears, not so much for our own fate as for that of our friends in the rear, whose lives depended entirely on our sending immediate relief from this place.
Seite 272 - The crew laughed out in glee. Sir John, Sir John, 'tis bitter cold, The scud drives on the breeze, The ice comes looming from the north, The very sunbeams freeze.
Seite 272 - The little Indian said; And change your cloth for fur clothing, Your vessel for a sled. But lightly laughed the stout Sir John, And the crew laughed with him too : — A sailor to change from ship to sled, I ween were something new...
Seite 75 - Previous to setting out the whole party ate the remains of their old shoes and whatever scraps of leather they had to strengthen their stomachs for the fatigue of the day's journey.
Seite 132 - Never perhaps was witnessed a finer scene than on the deck of my little ship, when all hope of life had left us. Noble as the character of the British sailor is always allowed to be, in cases of danger, yet I did not believe it to be possible, that among forty-one persons, not one repining word should have been uttered.
Seite 91 - An Act for more effectually discovering the longitude at sea, and encouraging attempts to find a northern passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and to approach the North Pole.
Seite 84 - Had my own life alone been threatened, I would not have purchased it by such a measure ; but I considered myself as intrusted also with the protection of Hepburn's, a man, who, by his humane attentions and devotedness, had so endeared himself to me, that I felt more anxiety for his safety than for my own.