The Polar RegionsA. and C. Black, 1861 - 400 pages |
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Admiralty America antarctic Arctic circle Arctic Sea ascertained banks Beechey Island Bering's Strait boats Cabot Cape Captain coast continent Coppermine River crew Davis degrees discovered discovery east eastward edition England Erebus and Terror Eskimos expedition Fcap feet Fish River Frobisher's Greenland Gulf Hakluyt harbour Hudson's Bay Hudson's Bay Company Iceland inhabitants Inlet King William's Island Kolyma Lake Lancaster Sound Lancaster Strait land Lapland Lieutenant longitude M'Clintock Mackenzie mentioned meridian miles mountains mouth named natives navigation northern northwards Novaya Zemlya parallel of latitude party passed Point Barrow pole reached rein-deer Ross Russian sailed Samoyeds says Sebastian shew ships shore Siberia side Sir Edward Sir Edward Parry Sir James Sir James Ross Sir John sledge Smith's Sound snow southern southwards Spitzbergen summer temperature tide tion traced trees vessels voyage Wellington Channel western westward whale winds winter wood Wrangell