... floe by blocks of ice seven feet thick piled around its circumference . The risk of handling the boats in that sea of moving ice was so great that it was seriously argued by a party of the crew of the " Proteus , " then on the floe , to ...
... floe by blocks of ice seven feet thick piled around its circumference . The risk of handling the boats in that sea of moving ice was so great that it was seriously argued by a party of the crew of the " Proteus , " then on the floe , to ...
... floe to get provisions and clothing , and as they stepped into their boats Moritz and myself got in with them . We soon reached the floe , which , with a change of tide , was drifting back to the northeastward . Moritz and myself got ...
... boats . Next morning we turned out and saw that we were close in to the shore . There was open water right along- side of the piece . Hans and Joe went a little ways in shore on the floe to see if we could get in shore with boats ; it ...
... boats . Next morning we turned out and saw that we were close in to the shore . There was open water right along . side of the piece . Hans and Joe went a little ways in shore on the floe to see if we could get in shore with boats ; it ...
... boats . Next morning we turned out and saw that we were close in to the shore . There was open water right along . side of the piece . Hans and Joe went a little ways in shore on the floe to see if we could get in shore with boats ; it ...
... boats blankets , and some other things . On the piece we were on we had a little scow we had made in New York - a ... floe to see if we could get in shore with boats ; it looked as if there was some young ice between us and the shore ...
... boats . Next morning we turned out and saw that we were close in to the shore . There was open water right along- side of the piece . Hans and Joe went a little ways in shore on the floe to see if we could get in shore with boats ; it ...
... floe, a number of whales. Three boats being out in pursuit, about 8 am. a fall was called, and the fish, under two harpoons soon killed. The wind laying rather on the ice, we could not make fast but dodged for the fish until it should ...
... boats , provisions , and stores were taken down to the edge of the fast ice , about half a mile from the hut After ... floe to escape being nipped ; there they remained until the end of the month , thick fogs and tightly packed ice making it ...