Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-fishery: Including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland, Made in the Summer of 1822, in the Ship Baffin of Liverpool |
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afforded animal anthelion appeared Arctic Baffin bearings boats breeze calm Cape Brewster Cape Farewell Cape Hooker Cape Moorsom Captain chro chronometer clear cliffs coast of Greenland colour compass considerable danger Davy's Sound deck diameter discovered distance Ditto drift-ice eastern eastward elevation extraordinary extremely Fame fathoms feet fish fishery floes foggy fresh gale gneiss Greenland Sea greenstone harpoon headland heavy height icebergs Iceland inches Jameson's Land land-ice latitude leagues Loch Ryan longitude longitude by chronometer magnetic mast-head miles morning mountains Mountnorris named narwal navigation nearly night northward observed obtained occurred piece of ice porphyry position produced Ranunculus nivalis refraction remarkable rocks sail scarcely seen sheets of ice ship ship's shore side sight situation snow southward species specimens Spitzbergen stratum surface tack temperature thick tion Traill Island voyage ward weather westward whales wind yards