Narrative of an expedition to the east coast of Greenland ... in search of the lost colonies, tr. by G.G. Macdougall1837 - 80 pages |
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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 . From hence the firth of Sermeliarsuk stretches to the E. , or E.N.E. It , likewise , is one of the firths that calve , and is especially cha- racterized by the circumstance that all the icebergs ...
... feet above the level of the sea . From hence the firth of Sermeliarsuk stretches to the E. , or E.N.E. It , likewise , is one of the firths that calve , and is especially cha- racterized by the circumstance that all the icebergs ...
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