Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal, Or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions: In Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 320 sider |
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Side 18
... piece of business . Thanks to an immense deal of water , and very little ice , the steamers eventually towed the " Resolute " and the transport ( a lively specimen of the genus ) , into the Whale - Fish Islands , a group of rocky islets ...
... piece of business . Thanks to an immense deal of water , and very little ice , the steamers eventually towed the " Resolute " and the transport ( a lively specimen of the genus ) , into the Whale - Fish Islands , a group of rocky islets ...
Side 26
... piece after piece detached itself from icebergs far and near , and the work of demolition was most rapid : truly did · Baffin boast , that he had laid open one of Nature's most won- derful laboratories ; and I thought with Longfellow ...
... piece after piece detached itself from icebergs far and near , and the work of demolition was most rapid : truly did · Baffin boast , that he had laid open one of Nature's most won- derful laboratories ; and I thought with Longfellow ...
Side 29
... piece of paper directed to myself by my gallant friend Penny . He wrote in haste to say his squadron had arrived , all well , after a splendid run from Aberdeen : he was again off , and sent kind remembrances , dated May 4th . This , at ...
... piece of paper directed to myself by my gallant friend Penny . He wrote in haste to say his squadron had arrived , all well , after a splendid run from Aberdeen : he was again off , and sent kind remembrances , dated May 4th . This , at ...
Side 30
... pieces of soft and ugly wood are substituted , although nature has strewn on every side masses of granite fit to form mauso- leums for Pharaohs . Bad taste ! I exclaimed ; but that's not confined to Disco . Having promised to return to ...
... pieces of soft and ugly wood are substituted , although nature has strewn on every side masses of granite fit to form mauso- leums for Pharaohs . Bad taste ! I exclaimed ; but that's not confined to Disco . Having promised to return to ...
Side 39
... pieces , to sea- ward of which we continued to flirt . The " Intrepid " and " Pioneer " were now to be seen slyly trying their bows upon every bit of ice we could get near , without getting into a scrape with the commodore ; and , from ...
... pieces , to sea- ward of which we continued to flirt . The " Intrepid " and " Pioneer " were now to be seen slyly trying their bows upon every bit of ice we could get near , without getting into a scrape with the commodore ; and , from ...
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Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal: Or, Eighteen Months in the Polar ... Sherard Osborn Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1852 |
Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal: Or, Eighteen Months in the Polar ... Sherard Osborn Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1852 |
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ahead amongst Assistance Harbour astern August Baffin's Bay Barlow Inlet Barrow's Strait Beechey Island Behring's Straits beset boat brigs cairn calm Cape Hotham Cape Walker Cape York Captain Penny cliffs coast cold Cornwallis Island crew deck dépôt despatched drift Erebus Esquimaux expedition fast feet floe floe-pieces formed gale gallant glacier Greenland Griffith's Island iceberg Intrepid Jones's Sound journey labour Lady Franklin Lancaster Sound land latitude Lieut Lieutenant looked M'Clintock Melville Bay Melville Island miles morning night North Somerset north-west northern northward officers open water pack party Penny's piece Pioneer Polar Possession Bay reached Resolute sail screw seamen season seen ships shore showed side Sir James Ross Sir John Franklin sledge snow Somerville Island southern southward squadron steam steamers temperature thick told traces Union Bay vessels weather Wellington Channel westward whalers whilst wind winter quarters
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Side 36 - And now the storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong : He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. With sloping masts and dipping prow, As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roar'd the blast, And southward aye we fled.
Side 36 - And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold: And ice, mast-high, came floating by, As green as emerald.
Side 119 - Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Side 120 - ALMIGHTY GOD, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves ; Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls ; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Side 15 - Ocean is around you: there is, to the seaman, a lullaby, say what they may, in his hoarse song; and they of the middle watch tell how the friendly light of some distant cape glimmered and danced in the east, until lost in some passing squall. Now for the North-West! we exclaimed, — its much talked of dangers,— its chapter of horrors ! As gallant Frobisher says, " it is still the only thing left undone, whereby a notable mind might be made famous and remarkable.
Side 26 - I HEARD the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble halls ! I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light From the celestial walls. I felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop o'er me from above ; The calm majestic presence of the Night, As of the one I love.
Side 56 - The Earl of Chatham, with his sword drawn Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham.
Side 120 - Lord, to comfort and succour all them who in this transitory life are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity. And we also bless thy holy name for all thy servants departed this life in thy...
Side 85 - ... tins, filled with gravel, and placed to form a firm and solid foundation. Beyond this, and along the northern shore of Beechey Island, the following traces were then quickly discovered : the embankment of a house, with carpenters...
Side 88 - ... oval outline — the border carefully formed of moss lichen, poppies, and anemones, transplanted from some more genial part of this dreary region — contrived still to show symptoms of vitality ; but the seeds which doubtless they had sowed in the garden had decayed away. Nearer to the beach, a heap of cinders and scraps of iron showed the armorers...