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Page 103
... approach of stormy weather , a danger which we would certainly have run in that place surrounded by ice . We therefore turned to west by north past numerous icebergs and a great deal of broken ice . After 5 miles , we altered course to ...
... approach of stormy weather , a danger which we would certainly have run in that place surrounded by ice . We therefore turned to west by north past numerous icebergs and a great deal of broken ice . After 5 miles , we altered course to ...
Page 220
... approach they immediately resolved to come on board . I greeted the most important among them by touching noses and made them a few presents . Some time later a very tall , well - built , thick- set man came on board . His appearance ...
... approach they immediately resolved to come on board . I greeted the most important among them by touching noses and made them a few presents . Some time later a very tall , well - built , thick- set man came on board . His appearance ...
Page 240
... approach this new wooded island just mentioned . In the evening we saw a fire lit there and soon after 9.0 p.m. we saw the surf breaking right ahead of us . I gave instructions to go about on the port tack and to shorten sail so as to ...
... approach this new wooded island just mentioned . In the evening we saw a fire lit there and soon after 9.0 p.m. we saw the surf breaking right ahead of us . I gave instructions to go about on the port tack and to shorten sail so as to ...
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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