Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1

CHAPTER X.

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Leave Winter Harbour.--Flattering Appearance of the Sea to the Westward.--Stopped by the Ice near Cape Hay.--Farther Progress to the Longitude of 113° 48' 22.5", being the Westernmost Meridian hitherto reached in the Polar Sea, to the North of America.--Banks's Land discovered.--Increased Extent and Dimensions of the Ice.--Return to the Eastward, to endeavour to penetrate the Ice to the Southward.--Re-enter Barrow's Strait, and Survey its South Coast.--Pass through Sir James Lancaster's Sound on our Return to England.