The Arctic Regions, and Polar Discoveries During the Nineteenth Century: With the Discoveries Made by Captain McClintock as to the Fate of the Franklin ExpeditionRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860 - 294 Seiten |
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... formed . - Observatory destroyed by fire . - Scurvy makes its appearance . - Crews put on short allowance . - An excursion of a fortnight made to examine the island . - Ships get clear of the ice . - But are unable to make further ...
... formed . - Observatory destroyed by fire . - Scurvy makes its appearance . - Crews put on short allowance . - An excursion of a fortnight made to examine the island . - Ships get clear of the ice . - But are unable to make further ...
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... formed hasty opinion of Captain Sir John Ross , as to his visionary Croker Mountains , of which I shall have occasion to speak hereafter . As early as the year 1527 , the idea of a passage to the East Indies by the North Pole was ...
... formed hasty opinion of Captain Sir John Ross , as to his visionary Croker Mountains , of which I shall have occasion to speak hereafter . As early as the year 1527 , the idea of a passage to the East Indies by the North Pole was ...
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... formed the primary object of investigation . My space and purposes in this work will not permit me to go into detail , by examining what Barrow justly terms " those brilliant periods of early English enterprise , so con- spicuously ...
... formed the primary object of investigation . My space and purposes in this work will not permit me to go into detail , by examining what Barrow justly terms " those brilliant periods of early English enterprise , so con- spicuously ...
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... forming , when bound up , twelve separate volumes . All those relating to the Arctic Expeditions , & c . , which created the greatest interest at the period they were published , were from his pen , and consist chiefly of the following ...
... forming , when bound up , twelve separate volumes . All those relating to the Arctic Expeditions , & c . , which created the greatest interest at the period they were published , were from his pen , and consist chiefly of the following ...
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... forming an impassable barrier , the precipices next the sea being from 1000 to 2000 feet high . On the 29th of June , the Esquimaux , John Sacheuse , who had accompanied the expedition from England as interpreter , was sent on shore to ...
... forming an impassable barrier , the precipices next the sea being from 1000 to 2000 feet high . On the 29th of June , the Esquimaux , John Sacheuse , who had accompanied the expedition from England as interpreter , was sent on shore to ...
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abandoned Admiralty Akaitcho Arctic arrived attempt August Baffin's Bay Barrow Barrow's Strait Beechey Behring's Strait boats Cape Walker Capt Captain Back Captain Crozier Captain Parry coast command companions Coppermine River crew deer despatched discovered discovery drift endeavour England Enterprise Erebus and Terror Esquimaux expedition exploring fate feet fire Fish River floe frozen Fury gale Griper Hecla Hepburn Hudson's Bay Hudson's Bay Company Indians journey June killed King William Island Lake Lancaster Sound land latitude Lieut Lieutenant Mackenzie Melville Island miles months named navigation North Somerset north-west passage northward officers party passed Polar Sea proceeded provisions quarters reached Regent Inlet Repulse Bay Richardson sailed seamen season seen sent ships shore shot Sir James Ross Sir John Franklin sledge snow southward Spitzbergen tion travelling tripe de roche vessels voyage Wellington Channel westward whale winter
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Seite 106 - Medal of the Bath and West of England Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, was unanimously voted to him.
Seite 209 - Down sank the baleful crimson sun, The Northern Light came out, And glared upon the ice-bound ships And shook its spears about. The snow came down, storm breeding storm, And on the decks was laid, Till the weary sailor, sick at heart, Sank down beside his spade. "Sir John, the night is black and long ; The hissing wind is bleak ; The hard green ice...
Seite 41 - 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 210 - Oh! when shall I see my orphan child? My Mary waits for me. Oh ! when shall I see my old mother, And pray at her trembling knee? Be still, be still, my brave sailors! Think not such thoughts again.
Seite 251 - Doot-ko-hi-calik), as its description, and that of the low shore in the neighbourhood of Point Ogle and Montreal Island, agree exactly with that of Sir George Back.• Some of the bodies...
Seite 40 - 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 227 - ... the only thing of the world that was left yet undone, whereby a notable mind might be made famous and fortunate.
Seite 14 - The pressure continuing to increase, it became doubtful whether the ship would be able to sustain it; every support threatened to give way, the beams in the hold began to bend, and the iron tanks settled together. At this critical moment, when it seemed impossible for...
Seite 151 - Sir, — I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that...
Seite 16 - At this moment I also saw a continuity of ice, at the distance of seven miles, extending from one side of the bay to the other, between the nearest cape to the north, which I named after Sir George Warrender, and that to the south, which was named after Viscount Castlereagh. The mountains, which occupied the centre, in a north and south direction, were named Croker's Mountains, after the Secretary to the Admiralty.