 | William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1796 - 672 pages
...height. Ninety-teven ice hills were diftinctly feeu within the field, befides thofs on the outfide ; many of them very large, and looking like a ridge of mountains, rifing one above another, till they were loft in the clouds. The outer or northern edge of this immenie... | |
 | John Pinkerton - Discoveries in geography - 1812 - 1030 pages
...height. Ninety-feven ice-hills were diftinftly feen within the field, befide thofe on the outfide ; many of them very large, and looking like a ridge of mountains, rifing one above another till they were loft in the clouds. The outer or northern edge of this immenfe... | |
 | General history - 1815 - 802 pages
...the southern jialf ot oof horizon was illuminated, by the rays of light reflected from the ice, to a considerable height. Ninetyseven ice hills were distinctly...besides those on the outside ; many of them very large, nnd looking like a ridge of mountains, rising one above another till they were lost in the clouds.... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1815 - 542 pages
...the southern half of our horizon was illuminated, by the rays of light reflected from the ice, to a considerable height. Ninetyseven ice hills were distinctly...field, besides those on the outside ; many of them very largej and looking like a ridge of mountains, rising one above another till they were lost in the clouds.... | |
 | Voyages and travels - 1815 - 476 pages
...illuminated by the rays of light reflected from the ice, to a considerable height. Ninety-seven ice-islands were distinctly seen within the field, besides those on the outside; many qf them very large, and looking like a ridge of moun.tains, rising one above another, till they were... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - Natural history - 1821 - 592 pages
...ice, to a considerable height. Ninetyseven ice-islands were distinctly seen within the field, beside those on the outside ; many of them very large, and...they were lost in the clouds. The outer, or northern iedge, of this immense field, was composed of loose or broken ice close packed together, so that it... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Curiosities and wonders - 1821 - 768 pages
...illuminated by the rays of light reflected from the ic«, to a considerable height. Ninety-seven ice-islands were distinctly seen within the field, besides those...looking like a ridge of mountains, rising one above the other until they were lost in die clouds. The most elevated and most ragged of these ice-islands... | |
 | Curiosities and wonders - 1824 - 458 pages
...ice, to a considerable height. Ninetyseven ice-lands were distinctly seen within the field, beside those on the outside ; many of them very large, and...looking like a ridge of mountains, rising one above the other until they were lost in the clouds. The moet elevated and most rugged of these ice-islands... | |
 | James Cook - 1837 - 232 pages
...the ice extended east and west, far out of sight, and from the mast-head, " ninety-seven ice-hills were distinctly seen within the field, besides those...close packed together, so that it was not possible for anything to enter it. This was about a mile broad, within which was solid ice in one continued compact... | |
 | James Cook - Oceania - 1842 - 636 pages
...illuminated, by the ravs of light reflected from the ice, to a considerable height. Ninety-seven ice-hills were distinctly seen within the field, besides those...packed together ; so that it was not possible for anything to enter it. This was about a mile broad ; within which was solid ice in one continued compact... | |
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Ninety-seven ice hills were distinctly seen within the field, besides those on the outside — many of them very large, and looking like a ridge of mountains rising one above another till they were lost in the clouds. 
