| Robert John Le Mesurier McClure, Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure - Arctic regions - 1853 - 70 pages
...along this coast ; nor could we round to, fearful of carrying the jibboom away against its cliffs, which here run nearly east and west. The cape forming...Highness. There were two apparently good harbours about 20 miles to the eastward of the cape ; the westernmost had a breakwater half-a-mile in length, twenty... | |
| John Brown - Arctic regions Discovery and exploration British - 1858 - 498 pages
...here ran east and west. . . The cape forming its western extreme " •was called " Prince Alfred. . . There were two apparently good harbours about twenty miles to the eastward of this cape. . . Our critical position," remarks Captain M'Clure, " would not admit of any detention,... | |
| Sir John Leslie, Hugh Murray, Robert Michael Ballantyne - Arctic regions - 1860 - 696 pages
...along this coast; nor could we round to, fearful of carrying the jib-boom away against its clifts, which here run nearly east and west. The cape forming...called Prince Alfred, in honour of his Royal Highness. On the morning of the 20th, our further progress was impeded by finding the ice resting upon a point,... | |
| Arctic regions - 1868 - 470 pages
...along this coast ; nor could we round to, fearful of carrying the jibboom away against its cliffs, which here run nearly east and west. The cape forming...Highness. There were two apparently good harbours about £0 miles to the eastward of the cape ; the westernmost had a breakwater half-a-mile in length, twenty... | |
| Charles Anderton Read - 1880 - 390 pages
...along this coast ; nor could we round to, fearful of carrying the jib-boom away against the clitts, which here run nearly east and west. The cape forming...highness. There were two apparently good harbours about 20 miles to the eastward of the cape ; the westernmost had a breakwater £ mile in length, 20 feet... | |
| Helen Saunders Wright - Arctic regions - 1910 - 622 pages
...along this coast ; nor could we round to, fearful of carrying the jib-boom away against the cliffs, which here run nearly east and west. The cape forming...called Prince Alfred, in honour of his Royal Highness. On the morning of the 20th, our further progress was impeded by rinding the ice resting upon a point,... | |
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