Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Herald During the Years 1845-51, Under the Command of Captain Henry Kellett ...: Being a Circumnavigation of the Globe, and Three Cruizes [sic] to the Arctic Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin, Bind 2

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Reeve and Company, 1853
 

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Side 114 - There was a fine clear atmosphere (such a one as can only be seen in this climate), except in the direction of this extended land, where the clouds rolled in numerous immense masses, occasionally leaving the very lofty peaks uncapped, where could be distinctly seen columns, pillars, and very broken, which is very characteristic of the higher headlands in this sea — East Cape and Cape Lisburne, for example.
Side 44 - ... the edges of the cliffs, on which the sun's rays operate less forcibly than on other parts, in consequence of their aspect. The streams thus become converted into ice, either while trickling down the still frozen surface of the cliffs, or after they reach the earth at their base, in which case the ice rises like a stalagmite, and in time reaches the surface. But before this is completed, the upper soil, loosened by the thaw, is itself projected over the cliff, and falls in a heap below, •whence...
Side 42 - ... low bushes. Opposite each of these valleys there is a projecting flat piece of ground, consisting of the materials that have been washed down the ravine, where the only good landing for boats is afforded. The soil of the cliffs is a...
Side 93 - American vessels ; but their returns have not been received; partial accounts of wreck and disaster only have reached us. They are startling. "The lives and property at stake there for the two years for which we have complete returns, may be thus stated: 1849. Number of American seamen, 4,650. Value of ships and outfit, $4,650,000 Value of oil taken, 2,606,510 Value of bone, 814,112 $8,070,622 1850.

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