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Excerpt from Narrative of an Expedition in H. M. S. Terror, Undertaken With a View to Geographical Discovery on the Arctic Shores: In the Years 1836-70
Departure from England. - Cape Farewell. Porpoises and Gulls. Driftwood with Roots and Bark. Leave the Vicinity of Cape Farewell. Icebergs. Course novel and interesting. Resolution Island. Whirlpool. Descry Two Vessels. Dreary Aspect of the Savage Islands. Visited by Esquimaux. Difficult Navigation. Vessel moored to an Iceberg. Crew exercised at Small-arms under its Lee. Geological Indications. Careen the Ship. Progress through the Ice. Salisbury Island. Ship followed by Esquimaux. Land disco vered. Deviation in Compasses. Trinity Isles. Ship obliged to heave-to. Whales seen. Ship imbedded in Ice. Baffin and Southampton Islands. Perilous Situa tion. White Whales. Winter Islands. Water. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
