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Page 123
... heavy sea . When the sun came out for a little while , we succeeded in fixing our position as Lat . 65 ° 49 ′ 39 ′′ S. , Long . 9 ° 42 ′ 27 ′′ E. , the magnetic variation being 19 ° 58 ′ W. Sleet fell ... heavy JAN . 1820 ] 125 HEAVY SNOW.
... heavy sea . When the sun came out for a little while , we succeeded in fixing our position as Lat . 65 ° 49 ′ 39 ′′ S. , Long . 9 ° 42 ′ 27 ′′ E. , the magnetic variation being 19 ° 58 ′ W. Sleet fell ... heavy JAN . 1820 ] 125 HEAVY SNOW.
Page 156
... heavy squalls . It brought high seas , causing the ship to labour dread- fully . We carried the main topsail and foresail ` close - reefed . It is well known that , in the course of any long voyage , owing to storms or heavy rolling and ...
... heavy squalls . It brought high seas , causing the ship to labour dread- fully . We carried the main topsail and foresail ` close - reefed . It is well known that , in the course of any long voyage , owing to storms or heavy rolling and ...
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... heavy sea and misty horizon . From midday we again took course towards the north and steered north - north - east . Towards 2 o'clock the wind dropped , but the heavy sea continued and caused a very heavy roll of the ship with extreme ...
... heavy sea and misty horizon . From midday we again took course towards the north and steered north - north - east . Towards 2 o'clock the wind dropped , but the heavy sea continued and caused a very heavy roll of the ship with extreme ...
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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