Narrative of an Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland, Sent by Order of the King of Denmark, in Search of the Lost Colonies, Under the Command of Captn. W. A. Graah |
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... feet and a half from the compass lay , upon a bench , a small azimuth compass ; but this could not have been instrumental in producing the result adverted to , for , before it was placed there , I had ascertained that , even when ...
... feet and a half from the compass lay , upon a bench , a small azimuth compass ; but this could not have been instrumental in producing the result adverted to , for , before it was placed there , I had ascertained that , even when ...
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... feet above the level of the sea , bore N.N.E. , distant six miles . Our dead reckoning placed us 25 ' to the S. and 13 ' to the W. of our true position . We passed in the afternoon an American brig , lying - to under a close - reefed ...
... feet above the level of the sea , bore N.N.E. , distant six miles . Our dead reckoning placed us 25 ' to the S. and 13 ' to the W. of our true position . We passed in the afternoon an American brig , lying - to under a close - reefed ...
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... feet , and often more ; and it is frequently so closely packed , particularly in the vicinity of land , as to form a barrier totally impenetrable by ships . This ice is constantly being carried by the current from the Polar Sea , along ...
... feet , and often more ; and it is frequently so closely packed , particularly in the vicinity of land , as to form a barrier totally impenetrable by ships . This ice is constantly being carried by the current from the Polar Sea , along ...
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... feet . In the evening we came to a new stream of ice , which obliged us to stretch away to the west , and keep this course during the night . The whole of the next day we sailed through " open ice " along the edge of a pack . A vast ...
... feet . In the evening we came to a new stream of ice , which obliged us to stretch away to the west , and keep this course during the night . The whole of the next day we sailed through " open ice " along the edge of a pack . A vast ...
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... feet above the level of the sea . e the firth of Sermeliarsuk stretches to the E. , or E.N.E. , is one of the firths that calve , and is especially cha- by the circumstance that all the icebergs proceeding of a beautiful semi ...
... feet above the level of the sea . e the firth of Sermeliarsuk stretches to the E. , or E.N.E. , is one of the firths that calve , and is especially cha- by the circumstance that all the icebergs proceeding of a beautiful semi ...
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10th Vibration accordingly Alluk ancient angekkok arrived aurora borealis Biörn bishop blubber boat boat-women Bygd lay Cape Farewell Chorography church coast of Greenland colonists colony Count Moltke course direction discovered distance district of Juliana's-hope drift-ice East Bygd East coast Eastlanders Egede Eggers Ernenek Europeans expedition feet Finn Magnussen firth Frederick's-hope Friederichsthal further North glaciers Goie Good-hope Greenland language Hvarf Hvidsærk ice-blink icebergs Iceland inhabited Ivar Bardsen Jökel journey kajakkers Kangek Kemisak land latitude Lindenow lofty Lysufiord mainland miles mountains native Greenlanders navigation Naze NEEDLE Nennortalik northern Nukarbik obliged observed occasion Octavo old Icelandic Omenak Omevik probably promontory Puisortok reached rocks ruins sail seals seemed seen ship shore situated skerries snow sound South Spitzbergen spot stones tents umiak Vahl vicinity voyage West Bygd West coast whole wind Winter women Wormskiold
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