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Page 112
... continued from 9.0 to 10.0 a.m. We steered one point more into the wind to pass to the south of five large icebergs lying in our route . At 10.0 a.m. , having passed these , we turned south - east under all sail ; the existence of a ...
... continued from 9.0 to 10.0 a.m. We steered one point more into the wind to pass to the south of five large icebergs lying in our route . At 10.0 a.m. , having passed these , we turned south - east under all sail ; the existence of a ...
Page 124
... continued on an east by south course , with the same , but light , wind , the night being dark . The ship pitched and rolled a good deal due to the two swells running , one from the east - south - east , the other from the north - west ...
... continued on an east by south course , with the same , but light , wind , the night being dark . The ship pitched and rolled a good deal due to the two swells running , one from the east - south - east , the other from the north - west ...
Page 175
... continued clear and there was no rain , the force of the gale blew the water from the crests of the waves and drenched us in a rain consisting entirely of salt water . All this time it seemed as if we were in a snow - storm such as one ...
... continued clear and there was no rain , the force of the gale blew the water from the crests of the waves and drenched us in a rain consisting entirely of salt water . All this time it seemed as if we were in a snow - storm such as one ...
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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