Arctic Expeditions, British and Foreign, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

advance appeared Arctic arrived August Back Barrow Barrow Strait beach Bear Lake Beechey boats canoes Cape channel coast cold commander commenced continued Coppermine Coppermine River crew Dease deer discovered discovery distance Dr Rae drift east eastward encampment England Erebus Eskimos expedition explorers feet fish floe Franklin frozen Fury gale Harbour Hecla hope Hudson's Bay Hudson's Bay Company Indians Island journey July Kotzebue Sound Lancaster Sound land latitude Lieutenant M'Clure Mackenzie River Melville Melville Island Melville Peninsula miles morning mouth named natives navigation night north-east North-West Passage northward officers pack Parry party passed pemmican Point Barrow Polar Sea provisions Pullen reached Repulse Bay round sail says season seen ship shore Simpson Sir John Slave Lake sledges snow soon Southampton Island southward Spitzbergen tion travelling vessel voyage weather Wellington Channel westward whale wind winter quarters writes