Voyage of the Prince Albert in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Narrative of Every-day Life in the Arctic SeasLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851 - 416 sidor |
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... hours we found that we had enjoyed a good run of 140 miles , the best we had yet ex- perienced . The weather on this day , though com- fortable , was yet colder than usual ; but I did not intend changing any of my light shore apparel ...
... hours we found that we had enjoyed a good run of 140 miles , the best we had yet ex- perienced . The weather on this day , though com- fortable , was yet colder than usual ; but I did not intend changing any of my light shore apparel ...
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... hours there was nothing but shortening sail , and attending to the heavy seas which now and then broke their tops short off against us . Not one moment did our little craft give us any rest . To sit , or stand , or lie , was equally the ...
... hours there was nothing but shortening sail , and attending to the heavy seas which now and then broke their tops short off against us . Not one moment did our little craft give us any rest . To sit , or stand , or lie , was equally the ...
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... hour or two of an evening ; and when I felt myself unable to read a book of any kind , I could turn to these , and be well amused with them . They were not too long and prosy , nor too short and unmeaning ; but , as a whole , full of ...
... hour or two of an evening ; and when I felt myself unable to read a book of any kind , I could turn to these , and be well amused with them . They were not too long and prosy , nor too short and unmeaning ; but , as a whole , full of ...
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... hours ' delay , we suspected , would increase the difficulties in our way across the ice in Baffin's Bay . The last two days had added to our distance from Cape Farewell , instead of diminishing it ; and we were now 258 miles from that ...
... hours ' delay , we suspected , would increase the difficulties in our way across the ice in Baffin's Bay . The last two days had added to our distance from Cape Farewell , instead of diminishing it ; and we were now 258 miles from that ...
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... hours we had light winds and finer weather from the same quarter ; but this was still against us , and we could do ... hour I would then walk on deck , fair or foul ; and , a little before eight , examine the men's forecastle ; see to ...
... hours we had light winds and finer weather from the same quarter ; but this was still against us , and we could do ... hour I would then walk on deck , fair or foul ; and , a little before eight , examine the men's forecastle ; see to ...
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