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Page 196
... clouds towards the east on the horizon and lightning from time to time . We conjectured that the clouds were lying over land . During the night we observed various lights , not far distant from the ship . The land proved to be nearer ...
... clouds towards the east on the horizon and lightning from time to time . We conjectured that the clouds were lying over land . During the night we observed various lights , not far distant from the ship . The land proved to be nearer ...
Page 313
... clouds were almost always carried singly across the sky by a wind , leaving the zenith clear . On the other hand on the horizon our vision met these clouds horizontally ; the clouds overlaid each other and it always seemed as though a thick ...
... clouds were almost always carried singly across the sky by a wind , leaving the zenith clear . On the other hand on the horizon our vision met these clouds horizontally ; the clouds overlaid each other and it always seemed as though a thick ...
Page 374
... clouds . The simultaneous appearance of both luminaries in these latitudes is very rare , because the sky is almost always covered with clouds . At 6.0 p.m. , after proceeding amidst small pieces of ice and continuing our southward ...
... clouds . The simultaneous appearance of both luminaries in these latitudes is very rare , because the sky is almost always covered with clouds . At 6.0 p.m. , after proceeding amidst small pieces of ice and continuing our southward ...
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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