| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 654 pages
...of Wellington channel appea red to run nearly parallel with the western : but it became quite low. and being covered with snow, could not be distinguished...into them. The Advance was moved about fifty yards, hut our combined efforts were of no avail in extricating the Rescue from her icy cradle. A change of... | |
| LIEUT SHERARD OSBORN - 1852 - 330 pages
...eastern shore of Wellington Channel appeared to run parallel with the western, but it became quite low., and, being covered with snow, could not be distinguished...open water appearing near us, an attempt was made about fifty yards, but our combined efforts were of no avail in extricating the ic Rescue" from her... | |
| Peter Lund Simmonds - Arctic regions - 1852 - 424 pages
...eastern shore of Wellington Channel appeared to run parallel with the western, but it became quite low, and being covered with snow, could not be distinguished...open water appearing near us, an attempt was made about fifty yards, but all our combined efforts were of no avail in extricating the Rescue from her... | |
| Elisha Kent Kane - Science - 1854 - 644 pages
...eastern shore of Wellington Channel appeared to run parallel with the western; but it became quite low, and, being covered with snow, could not be distinguished...with the high land to the north was not ascertained." These discoveries, with the exception of Murdaugh Island, present themselves on the English maps in... | |
| Samuel Mosheim Smucker - Arctic regions - 1857 - 530 pages
...eastern shore of Wellington Channel appeared to run parallel with the western, but it became quite low, and being covered with snow, could not be distinguished...open water appearing near us, an attempt was made about fifty yards, but all our combined efforts were of no avail in extricating the Rescue from her... | |
| Samuel Mosheim Smucker - Explorers - 1859 - 438 pages
...eastern shore of Wellington Channel appeared to run parallel with the western, but it became quite low, and, being covered with snow, could not be distinguished...open water appearing near us, an attempt was made about fifty yards, but all our combined efforts were of no avail in extricating the Rescue from her... | |
| Samuel Mosheim Smucker - Arctic regions - 1886 - 682 pages
...eastern shore of Wellington Channel appeared to run parallel with the western, but it became quite low, and being covered with snow, could not be distinguished...open water appearing near us, an attempt was made about fifty yards, but all our combined efforts were of no avail in extricating the Kescue from her... | |
| Matthew Fontaine Maury - Ocean currents - 1853 - 604 pages
...shore of Wellington channel appeared to run nearly parallel with the western; but it becamequite low, and being covered with snow, could not be distinguished with certainty, so that its continuity the high land to the north was not ascertained. Some small pools of open water appearing near us, an... | |
| |