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... ship with the ratings of able seamen , being advanced to the dignity . and position of officers the day after the ship's departure from England . In the Carcass seven young gentlemen joined as A.B.'s , of whom four were rated midshipmen ...
... ship with the ratings of able seamen , being advanced to the dignity . and position of officers the day after the ship's departure from England . In the Carcass seven young gentlemen joined as A.B.'s , of whom four were rated midshipmen ...
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... ship by attempting to navigate her amongst the ponderous ice - floes , described by Sir George Nares as existing in that locality , even supposing that the opening of the pack rendered such a proceeding tem- porarily practicable . Let ...
... ship by attempting to navigate her amongst the ponderous ice - floes , described by Sir George Nares as existing in that locality , even supposing that the opening of the pack rendered such a proceeding tem- porarily practicable . Let ...
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... ship , to last the entire ship's company for the number of days they would be travelling this supposed distance of sixty miles absolute starvation must overtake ― them before they could obtain relief . These are the dangers to be ...
... ship , to last the entire ship's company for the number of days they would be travelling this supposed distance of sixty miles absolute starvation must overtake ― them before they could obtain relief . These are the dangers to be ...
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... ship , it is necessary to cross a small extent of ice - covered sea , of not more than sixty miles in breadth , which lies to the east- ward of Spitzbergen and immediately to the southward of Franz Josef Land , and this little strip ...
... ship , it is necessary to cross a small extent of ice - covered sea , of not more than sixty miles in breadth , which lies to the east- ward of Spitzbergen and immediately to the southward of Franz Josef Land , and this little strip ...
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... ship would easily effect a passage , regarding in fact the heavy ice as if it were land , and the ship navigating along its coast . In case the lighter ice closed in before the vessel had reached a place of safety , a dock could easily ...
... ship would easily effect a passage , regarding in fact the heavy ice as if it were land , and the ship navigating along its coast . In case the lighter ice closed in before the vessel had reached a place of safety , a dock could easily ...
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