Arctic Researches, and Life Among the Esquimaux: Being the Narrative of an Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, in the Years 1860, 1861, and 1862 |
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... vessel , the Fox , had been caught in the ice and delayed a whole year . It was possible that she might still not be able to get through to her destination , and therefore I fancied the work could be more effectually done by an independ ...
... vessel , the Fox , had been caught in the ice and delayed a whole year . It was possible that she might still not be able to get through to her destination , and therefore I fancied the work could be more effectually done by an independ ...
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... vessel , and especially to myself . They were moving leisurely along in the same direction as the ship , and nearly under the bows . Every thirty seconds or so they came up to blow , and then sank beneath the water , leaving only a few ...
... vessel , and especially to myself . They were moving leisurely along in the same direction as the ship , and nearly under the bows . Every thirty seconds or so they came up to blow , and then sank beneath the water , leaving only a few ...
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... vessel now and then would be on her beam - ends , or some fearful wave , overleaping the bulwarks , seek to take me away . And as I stood there , I could study Nature and Nature's God . As far as the eye could carry me , say for seven ...
... vessel now and then would be on her beam - ends , or some fearful wave , overleaping the bulwarks , seek to take me away . And as I stood there , I could study Nature and Nature's God . As far as the eye could carry me , say for seven ...
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... vessel . It was a grand sight to me to see a fish ( is a whale a fish ? ) 100 feet long propelling itself quietly forward through the water as though it were but an hum- ble mountain trout . " June 20th , lat . 53 ° 9 ' , long . 51 ° 16 ...
... vessel . It was a grand sight to me to see a fish ( is a whale a fish ? ) 100 feet long propelling itself quietly forward through the water as though it were but an hum- ble mountain trout . " June 20th , lat . 53 ° 9 ' , long . 51 ° 16 ...
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... vessel ) , good books were occa- sionally distributed by the captain among officers and men , much to their satisfaction , and , no doubt , advantage . Again referring to my Journal : " June 26th , at midnight , I witnessed a scene ...
... vessel ) , good books were occa- sionally distributed by the captain among officers and men , much to their satisfaction , and , no doubt , advantage . Again referring to my Journal : " June 26th , at midnight , I witnessed a scene ...
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