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 2

CHAPTER XI.

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A Whale killed.--Other Charts drawn by the Esquimaux.--Account of a Journey to the Narrows of the Strait.--Discovery of the Sea to the Westward.--Total Disruption of the Ice at the Eastern Entrance of the Strait.--Instance of local Attraction on the Compasses.--Sail through the Narrows, and again stopped by fixed Ice.--Account of several Land Journeys and Boat Excursions.--Observations on the Tides.--Continued Obstacles from fixed Ice.