Three Voyages For The Discovery Of A Northwest Passage From The

Some Remarks upon the Loss of the Fury--And on the Natural History, &c., of the Coast of North Somerset.--Arrive at Neill's Harbour.--Death of John Page.--Leave Neill's Harbour....

Departure from Winter Island.--Meet with some Esquimaux travelling to the Northward.--Obstruction and Danger from the Ice and Tides.--Discovery of the Barrow River, and its Fall...

Extraordinary Disruption of Ice in Quilliam Creek.--Some Appearance of Scurvy among the Seamen and Marines.--Discovery of Gifford River.--Commence cutting the Ice outside the Sh...

Various Journeys to the Esquimaux Stations.--Preparations for the Hecla's Return to England.--Remarkable Halos, &c.--Shooting Parties stationed at Arlagnuk.--Journeys to Quillia...

_November_.--The measures now adopted for the security of the ships and their stores, for the maintenance of economy, cleanliness, and health, and for the prosecution of the var...

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...

Formation of a Basin for heaving the Fury down.--Landing of the Fury's Stores, and other Preparations.--The Ships secured within the Basin.--Impediments from the Pressure of the...

A Journey performed along the South Shore of Cockburn Island.--Confirmation of an Outlet to the Polar Sea.--Partial Disruption of the Old Ice, and formation of New.--Return thro...

Sail over towards the Western Coast of Prince Regent's Inlet.--Stopped by the Ice.--Reach the Shore about Cape Seppings.--Favourable Progress along the Land.--Fresh and repeated...

_Oct_.--Our present winter arrangements so closely resembled, in general, those before adopted, that a fresh description of them would prove little more than a repetition of tha...

The height of the land about Port Bowen deprived us longer than usual of the sun's presence above our horizon. Some of our gentlemen, indeed, who ascended a high hill for the pu...

Enter Sir James Lancaster's Sound.--Land at Cape Warrender.--Meet with young Ice.--Ships beset and carried near the Shore.--Driven back to Navy-board Inlet.--Run to the Westward...

Passage to the Whale-fish Islands, and Removal of Stores from the Transport.--Enter the Ice in Baffin's Bay.--Difficulties of Penetrating to the Westward.--Quit the Ice in Baffi...

A Journey performed along the South Shore of Cockburn Island.--Confirmation of an Outlet to the Polar Sea.--Partial Disruption of the Old Ice, and formation of New.--Return thro...

Departure from Winter Island.--Meet with some Esquimaux travelling to the Northward.--Obstruction and Danger from the Ice and Tides.--Discovery of the Barrow River, and its Fall...

Extraordinary Disruption of Ice in Quilliam Creek.--Some Appearance of Scurvy among the Seamen and Marines--Discovery of Gifford River.--Commence cutting the Ice outside the Shi...

Formation of a Basin for heaving the Fury down.--Landing of the Fury's Stores, and other Preparations.--The Ships secured within the Basin.--Impediments from the Pressure of the...

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...

Some Remarks upon the Loss of the Fury--And on the Natural History, &c, of the Coast of North Somerset.--Arrive at Neill's Harbour.--Death of John Page.--Leave Neill's Harbour.-...

Various Journeys to the Esquimaux Stations.--Preparations for the Hecla's Return to England.--Remarkable Halos, &c.--Shooting Parties stationed at Arlagnuk.--Journeys to Quillia...

Sail over towards the Western Coast of Prince Regent's Inlet.--Stopped by the Ice.--Reach the Shore about Cape Seppings.--Favourable Progress along the Land.--Fresh and repeated...

Passage to the Whale-fish Islands, and Removal of Stores from the Transport.--Enter the Ice in Baffin's Bay.--Difficulties of Penetrating to the Westward.--Quit the Ice in Baffi...

Enter Sir James Lancaster's Sound.--Land at Cape Warrender.--Meet with young Ice.--Ships beset and carried near the Shore.--Driven back to Navy-board Inlet.--Run to the Westward...