Conquest of the Last Frontier1966 |
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Page 77
... Ellesmere Island and trace the western shore of Kane Basin to the north , carrying with him a boat for the ... Ellesmere shore . He set out on April 3rd and from Cape Hatherton set the northerly course that would bring him to the part of ...
... Ellesmere Island and trace the western shore of Kane Basin to the north , carrying with him a boat for the ... Ellesmere shore . He set out on April 3rd and from Cape Hatherton set the northerly course that would bring him to the part of ...
Page 289
... island , a detached extension of the northwest angle of Ellesmere Island . His journey was not yet done . Peary mounted the cape to a height of two thousand feet and saw be- fore him across Nansen Sound black cliffs , the northern tip ...
... island , a detached extension of the northwest angle of Ellesmere Island . His journey was not yet done . Peary mounted the cape to a height of two thousand feet and saw be- fore him across Nansen Sound black cliffs , the northern tip ...
Page 418
... Ellesmere Island ) , passim Greely Fiord , 185 , 251 Hadley , J. ( on Karluk ) , 373 f . Hakluyt Islands , 8 Halifax , N. S. , 82 Hall , C. F. , in Frobisher Bay , 83-88 ; on Hudson's Bay , 88-92 ; journeys to King William Id . and ...
... Ellesmere Island ) , passim Greely Fiord , 185 , 251 Hadley , J. ( on Karluk ) , 373 f . Hakluyt Islands , 8 Halifax , N. S. , 82 Hall , C. F. , in Frobisher Bay , 83-88 ; on Hudson's Bay , 88-92 ; journeys to King William Id . and ...
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ahead Amundsen Arctic Axel Heiberg Baffin Bay Bartlett berg boat Brainard cache camp Cape Alexander Cape Columbia Cape Sabine captain carried cliffs coast command comrades Conger Cook crew crossed depot discovery dogs drift east Ellesmere Island Eskimo Etah Fiord floe frozen gale gave Gjoa Glacier Greely Greely expedition Greely's Greenland Greenland shore Hall Harbor Hayes Herschel Island hope hundred miles ice foot igloo Inglefield inshore journey Kane Basin Kane expedition Kellett King William Island Lady Franklin Bay land later latitude Lieutenant Littleton Island Lockwood McClintock McGary meat Melville musk ox Nares natives navigation North Pole accomplished northern northwest passage Norwegian officers open water pack party Peary Peary-the North Pole Peary's Polar Sea reached Robeson Channel sailed scurvy ship sledge Smith Sound snow Stefansson Stefansson's three expeditions Strait supplies Sverdrup tion travelers Tyson voyage whaler wind winter young ice