... Floe and cutting Docks . 37 reached the end of it , the Alexander , which had been tracking astern of us , passed ahead of us , and we became third in the line . All the ships , with ourselves , had their crews on the floe , tracking ...
... dock the better , " said Captain S. , as he hurried away to get his own vessel into safety , and , almost as quickly as I can tell it , a scene of exciting interest commenced - that of cutting docks in the fixed ice , called land - floe ...
... dock the better , " said Captain S. , as he hurried away to get his own vessel into safety , and , almost as quickly as I can tell it , a scene of exciting interest commenced - that of cutting docks in the fixed ice , called land - floe ...
... docks in the fixed ice , called land - floe , so as to avoid the pressure which would occur at its edge by the body of ice to seaward being forced against it by the fast rising gale . Smart things are done in the Navy , but I do not ...
... docks in the fixed ice , called land - floe , so as to avoid the pressure which would occur at its edge by the body of ice to seaward being forced against it by the fast rising gale . Smart things are done in the Navy , but I do not ...
... docks in the floe to place at least the others ships in some shelter. The method used for cutting these docks involves first outlining on the floe the dimensions required [Plate 5]; the shape is a trapezium whose length is a little ...
... docks had to be cut in the floe , in which to place the ships . This was to prevent them being nipt between the floe and moving masses of ice . A dock is made by cutting the floe with ice - saws , suspended from wooden tripods which ...
... floe in Franklin Pierce Bay on August 9. This is near Cape Prescott , the north - east point of Hayes ' Sound . We ... docks had to be cut in the floe , in which to place the ships . This was to prevent them being nipt between the floe ...
... floe in Franklin Pierce Bay on August 9. This is near Cape Prescott , the north - east point of Hayes ' Sound . We ... docks had to be cut in the floe , in which to place the ships . This was to prevent them being nipt between the floe ...
... floe from the south . They did little good for awhile . A large tug belong- ing to the Old Dominion line did the ... docks as well . New arrivals from across the ice increased the crowd at the edge e very moment . Some laughed in the ...