 Trent), and formed a complete casing to the planks, which received an additional layer at each plunge of the vessel. So great, indeed, was the accumulation about the bows, that we were obliged to cut it away repeatedly with axes to relieve the bowsprit...  Life of Sir John Franklin and the North-west Passage - Page 94by Sir Albert Hastings Markham - 1891 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Frederick William Beechey - 1843 - 392 pages
...could not be continued without danger ; we consequently rounded-to until the wind should moderate. The weather was now very severe ; the snow fell in...appearance of ice to leeward, or by a change of wind. The following morning the gale abated, and we bore away to the northward in search of the Dorothea... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1852 - 424 pages
...which received an additional layer at each plunge of the vessel. So great indeed, was the aecumtilation about the bows, that we were obliged to cut it away...appearance of ice to leeward, or by a change of wind." On the gale abating, Lieutenant Franklin found himself surrounded by the main body of ice in lat. 80°... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1853 - 274 pages
...heavy showers, and several tons weight of ice accumulated about the sides of the brig (tha Trent), and formed a complete casing to the planks, which...appearance of ice to leeward, or by a change of wind." On the gale abating, Lieutenant Franklin found himself surrounded by the main body of ice in hit. 80°... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1857 - 530 pages
...the sides of the brig, (the Trent,) and form ed a complete casing to the planks, which received ac additional layer at each plunge of the vessel. So...appearance of ice to leeward, or by a change of wind." On the gale abating, Lieutenant Franklin found himself surrounded by the main body of ice in lat. 80°... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1857 - 1074 pages
...accumulation about the bows, that we were obliged to cut it away repeatedly with axes to relieve the Dow-sprit from the enormous weight that was attached to it ;...appearance of ice to leeward, or by a change of wind." On the gale abating, Lieutenant Franklin found himself surrounded by the main body of ice in lat. 80°... | |
 | 1857 - 656 pages
...were obliged to cut it away repeatedly with axes, to relieve the bowsprit from the enormous weight attached to it ; and the ropes were so thickly covered...rendered necessary, either by the appearance of ice to to leeward, or by a change ol wind." After anchoring for a short time in Magdaleua Bay, they again... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1860 - 346 pages
...heavy showers, and several tons weight of ice accumulated about the sides of the brig (the Trent), and formed a complete casing to the planks, which...appearance of ice to leeward, or by a change of wind." On the gale abating, Lieutenant Franklin found himself surrounded by the main body of ice in lat. 80°... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1860 - 336 pages
...heavy showers, and several tons weight of ice accumulated about the sides of the brig (the Trent), and formed a complete casing to the planks, which...appearance of ice to leeward, or by a change of wind." On the gale abating, Lieutenant Franklin found himself surrounded by the main body of ice in lat. 80°... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1875 - 466 pages
...heavy showers, and several tons weight of ice accumulated about the sides of the brig (the Trent), and formed a complete casing to the planks, which...them in a state of readiness for any evolution that mignt be rendered necessary, either by the appearance of ice to leeward, or by a change of wind." On... | |
 | Sir Albert Hastings Markham - 1879 - 460 pages
...having the power of steam in all vessels employed for discovery in the Arctic Seas. He writes :— . " The weather was now very severe; the snow fell in...appearance of ice to leeward, or by a change of wind." During the stay of the ships in Magdalena Bay, the officers were actively employed, taking observations... | |
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