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 17
... southern extremity was fleeting , but sufficient to show that it fully realized in appearance the most striking accumulation of ice and land that the mind could picture , -a land of gaunt famine and misery ; but which nevertheless , for ...
... southern extremity was fleeting , but sufficient to show that it fully realized in appearance the most striking accumulation of ice and land that the mind could picture , -a land of gaunt famine and misery ; but which nevertheless , for ...
Side 21
... southern hemisphere , and remember the comparative blessings afforded by nature to those melancholy specimens of the human family , will , I think , exclaim with me , that the Esquimaux of Greenland are as superior to them in mental ...
... southern hemisphere , and remember the comparative blessings afforded by nature to those melancholy specimens of the human family , will , I think , exclaim with me , that the Esquimaux of Greenland are as superior to them in mental ...
Side 23
... southern and south - west sides of the larger islands were of , may be , 300 or 400 feet elevation , with a gradual dip to the north - east , as if their creation had been brought about by some submarine agency upheaving the primary ...
... southern and south - west sides of the larger islands were of , may be , 300 or 400 feet elevation , with a gradual dip to the north - east , as if their creation had been brought about by some submarine agency upheaving the primary ...
Side 24
... southern aspect , where the concussion of a heavy sea had had its effect , were strewn with the wreck of the adja- cent precipices , and progress for sportsmen along the shore , in pursuit of wild fowl , was extremely difficult . On the ...
... southern aspect , where the concussion of a heavy sea had had its effect , were strewn with the wreck of the adja- cent precipices , and progress for sportsmen along the shore , in pursuit of wild fowl , was extremely difficult . On the ...
Side 43
... southern climes ; and the subdued tints of the heavens , as well as the heavy banking of clouds in the neighbourhood of the sun , gives to the arc- tic summer night a quietude as marked as it is pleasant . Across Baffin's Bay there was ...
... southern climes ; and the subdued tints of the heavens , as well as the heavy banking of clouds in the neighbourhood of the sun , gives to the arc- tic summer night a quietude as marked as it is pleasant . Across Baffin's Bay there was ...
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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...