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... passing through heavy Ice . Size , Strength , and Equipment of the " Advance . " The " Prince Albert " fairly tested , and proved equal to the Trial CHAPTER XXIII . - - - - XV Page 272 · 289 Appearance of the Ice . - Barrow's Straits ...
... passing through heavy Ice . Size , Strength , and Equipment of the " Advance . " The " Prince Albert " fairly tested , and proved equal to the Trial CHAPTER XXIII . - - - - XV Page 272 · 289 Appearance of the Ice . - Barrow's Straits ...
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... passed through the first bridge , " That is Lady Franklin's own vessel , which she is sending out to search for her ... passing through the crowd , I had difficulty to move , so dense had it become . " That's one of them ! that's one of ...
... passed through the first bridge , " That is Lady Franklin's own vessel , which she is sending out to search for her ... passing through the crowd , I had difficulty to move , so dense had it become . " That's one of them ! that's one of ...
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... passed Mr. Duthie's yard , a salute was fired and colours hoisted ; while a lively band of music from some unknown place sounded joyously in our ears . At ten minutes past eight we passed through the " locks , " where we had been ...
... passed Mr. Duthie's yard , a salute was fired and colours hoisted ; while a lively band of music from some unknown place sounded joyously in our ears . At ten minutes past eight we passed through the " locks , " where we had been ...
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... passed ahead of us , very kindly intending to keep us company as far as the Orkneys . As we slowly moved on towards the bay , we could see the crowd extending itself in one long line to the very extreme point of the projecting pier that ...
... passed ahead of us , very kindly intending to keep us company as far as the Orkneys . As we slowly moved on towards the bay , we could see the crowd extending itself in one long line to the very extreme point of the projecting pier that ...
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... passed away without any other symp- toms of it , except an increasing swell from the northward . Our dead reckoning at noon gave us about seventy - three miles from Cape Farewell , which bore about N. W. of us ; so that it was not ...
... passed away without any other symp- toms of it , except an increasing swell from the northward . Our dead reckoning at noon gave us about seventy - three miles from Cape Farewell , which bore about N. W. of us ; so that it was not ...
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