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Page 82
... Mirnyi . The wind increased more and more so that we struck the topyards . About midday the Mirnyi rejoined us . I had little hope that the weather would improve soon in order to look for a safe anchorage ; moreover the land was ...
... Mirnyi . The wind increased more and more so that we struck the topyards . About midday the Mirnyi rejoined us . I had little hope that the weather would improve soon in order to look for a safe anchorage ; moreover the land was ...
Page 105
... Mirnyi came aboard at my invitation , and we held a service . At 1.0 p.m. we took him back to the Mirnyi . At 2 o'clock we were again under sail when , with the wind , thick weather and snow set in . At 2.30 p.m. we passed a large ice ...
... Mirnyi came aboard at my invitation , and we held a service . At 1.0 p.m. we took him back to the Mirnyi . At 2 o'clock we were again under sail when , with the wind , thick weather and snow set in . At 2.30 p.m. we passed a large ice ...
Page 379
... Mirnyi and for the same reason signalled by gun fire to her to turn on the port tack . After this , since it was blowing stiff , I ordered two reefs to be taken in in the topsails , and we were just on the point of slacking the main ...
... Mirnyi and for the same reason signalled by gun fire to her to turn on the port tack . After this , since it was blowing stiff , I ordered two reefs to be taken in in the topsails , and we were just on the point of slacking the main ...
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Lyeskov Visokoi and Zavodovski Islands | 3 |
Wandering and Sooty Albatrosses | 9 |
Banksia Blue Tit Honeyeater and Waratah | 17 |
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a.m. the wind albatrosses altered course anchor Antarctic appeared ashore Bellingshausen birds black petrels blew blue petrels boat Candlemas Islands canoes Cape Captain Cook chart chronometers clouds cocoa-nut colour continued coral covered crew dark daybreak deck east eastward farther fathoms feet fresh freshened frost Governor heavy horizon icebergs icefield island knots land latitude Lazarev light wind Long longitude look-out lunar distances Macquarie Macquarie Island midday midnight miles Mirnyi mist morning mountain natives navigation night noon north-east north-west o'clock observed officers Ono Island Otahiti Palliser Island passed penguins Peter I Island Port Jackson proceeded rain reef round Russian sazhen ship shore shortened sail side sight snow fell South Georgia south-east south-west southern staysail swell tack temperature thermometer thick weather top-gallant topsails turned Van Diemen's Land variation vessels Vostok voyage whales wind shifted Zavodovski