 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 654 pages
...of December, the ice remained quiet immediately around us, and the breaks were all strongly cemented by new ice. In our neighborhood, however, cracks were...we were at the entrance of the sound : Cape Osborn hevring north from us. January, 1351. On passing out of the sound and opening Baffin's bay to the northward,... | |
 | LIEUT SHERARD OSBORN - 1852 - 330 pages
...quiet immediately around us, and breaks were all strongly cemented by new ice. In our neighbourhood^ however, cracks were daily visible. Our drift to the...out of the sound^ and opening Baffin's Bay> to the north was seen a dark horizon^ indicating much open water in that direction* On the llth a crack took... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - Arctic regions - 1852 - 424 pages
...of December, the ice remained quiet immediately around us, and breaks w r ere all strongly cemented by new ice. In our neighborhood, however, cracks were...entrance of the Sound, Cape Osborn bearing north from us. the llth, a crack took place between us and the Rescue, passing close under our stern, and forming... | |
 | Elisha Kent Kane - Science - 1854 - 642 pages
...remainder of December the ice remained quiet immediately around us, and breaks were all strongly cemented by new ice. In our neighborhood, however, cracks were...out of the sound, and opening Baffin's Bay, to the north was seen a dark horizon, indicating much open water in that direction. On the llth a crack took... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - Arctic regions - 1857 - 530 pages
...remainder of December, the ice remained quiet immediately around us, and breaks were all strongly cemented by new ice. In our neighborhood, however, cracks were...out of the Sound, and opening Baffin's Bay, to the north was seen a dark horizon, indicating much open water in that direction. On the llth, a crack took... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - Explorers - 1859 - 438 pages
...remainder of December the ice remained quiet immediately around us, and breaks were all strongly cemented by new ice. In our neighborhood, however, cracks were...entrance of the Sound, Cape Osborn bearing north from us. "As the season advanced, the cases of scurvy became more numerous; yet they were all kept under v.... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - Antarctica - 1872 - 392 pages
...the rest of the month was quiet : cracks were constantly opening in the neighbourhood, and the drifts eastward averaged nearly six miles per day, so that on the last day of the year they were at the entrance of the Sound, Cape Osborn being to the north of them. In... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - Arctic regions - 1886 - 682 pages
...remainder of December, the ice remained quiet immediately around us, and breaks were all strongly cemented by new ice. In our neighborhood, however, cracks were...out of the Sound, and opening Baffin's Bay, to the north was seen a dark horizon, indicating much oven water in that direction. On K iltb, a crack took... | |
 | United States - 1851 - 582 pages
...of December, the ice remained quiet immediately around us, and the breaks were all strongly cemented by new ice. In our neighborhood, however, cracks were...averaged nearly six miles per day, so that on the l«st of the month we were at the entrance of the sound ; Cape Osborn bearing north from us. January,... | |
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During the remainder of December the ice remained quiet immediately around us, and breaks were all strongly cemented by new ice. In our neighborhood, however, cracks were daily visible. Our drift to the eastward averaged nearly six miles per day, so that... 