 | 1840 - 506 pages
...Barrow, the most northern point of America on this side, is a long low spit, composed of gravel and loose sand, which the pressure of the ice has forced up into numerous masses, which at a distance appear like rocks. It projects several miles into the Polar Sea. From this... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1838 - 666 pages
...flag, and with three cheers took possession of their discoveries in his Majesty's name. Point Barrow is a long low spit, composed- of gravel and coarse sand,...pressure of the ice has forced up into numerous mounds, that, viewed from a distance, assume the appearance of huge boulder rocks. At the spot where the party... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1839 - 394 pages
...and with three cheers took possession of their discoveries in his ma. jesty's name. Point Barrow is a long low spit, composed of gravel and coarse sand,...pressure of the ice has forced up into numerous mounds, that, viewed from a distance, assume the appearance of huge boulder rocks. At the spot where the party... | |
 | Nathan Hale - 1840 - 618 pages
...character, if not the persons of white men, and were passionately fond of tobacco. Point Barrow is a lone, low spit, composed of gravel and coarse sand, which...pressure of the ice has forced up into numerous mounds, that, viewed from a distance, assume the appearance of huge boulder rocks. At the spot where the party... | |
 | 1840 - 512 pages
...Barrow, the most northern point of America on this side, is a long low spit, composed of gravel and loose sand, which the pressure of the ice has forced up into numerous masses, which at a distance appear like rocks. It projects several miles into the Polar Sea. From this... | |
 | Alexander Simpson - 1845 - 450 pages
...and with three cheers took possession of their discoveries in his Majesty's name. " Point Barrow is a long low spit, composed of gravel and coarse sand,...pressure of the ice has forced up into numerous mounds, that, viewed from a distance, assume the appearance of huge boulder rocks. At the spot where the party... | |
 | 1855 - 624 pages
...flag, and with three cheers took possession of their discoveries in his Majesty's name. Point Barrow is a long low spit, composed of gravel and coarse sand,...pressure of the ice has forced up into numerous mounds, that, viewed from a distance, assume the appearance of huge boulder rocks. At the spot where the party... | |
 | William Henry Giles Kingston - 1884 - 290 pages
...point of America on the western side. It consists of a long narrow spit, composed of gravel and loose sand, which the pressure of the ice has forced up into numerous masses, having the appearance of rocks. From this point eastward to the mouth of the Mackenzie River... | |
 | Canada. Parliament. Senate - 1888 - 440 pages
...anxieties by the sight of the open pea stretching away to the southward. On Point Barrow, which is a long low spit, composed of gravel and coarse sand, which the pressure of the ice bad forced up into numerous mounds, resembling in appearance huge boulder rocks, Mr. Simpson and his... | |
 | 1838 - 392 pages
...flag, and with three cheers took possession of their discoveries in his Majesty's name. Point Barrow is a long low spit, composed of gravel and coarse sand,...pressure of the ice has forced up into numerous mounds, that, viewed from a distance, assume the appearance of huge boulder rocks. At the spot where the party... | |
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... name. Point Barrow is a long low spit, composed of gravel and coarse sand, which the pressure of the ice has forced up into numerous mounds, that, viewed from a distance, assume the appearance of huge boulder rocks. At the spot where the party landed... 