Chapter XII · Smith Sound

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From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

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From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

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From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

engaged in or accustomed to close observation

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Needless to say he found no Franklin traces, although he really looked for them.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

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From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

the people of Great Britain

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

an onerous or difficult concern

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

a strip of land projecting into a body of water

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

plural of “cape” — a strip of land projecting into a body of water

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

plural of “coast” — the shore of a sea or ocean

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

an officer in command of a military unit

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

navigational instrument for finding directions

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

a statement that represents something in words

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

the act of discovering something

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

be in motion due to some air or water current

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

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From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

something that provides access (to get in or get out)

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (“eaters of raw flesh”) but they call themselves the Inuit (“the people”)

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

to the greatest distance in space or time (“farthest” is used more often than “furthest” in this physical sense)

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

set up or found

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

a slowly moving mass of ice

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

plural of “han” — imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993)

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

a major road for any form of motor transport

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

toward home

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

water frozen in the solid state

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

introducing a different topic

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859)

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

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From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504)

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

a polite name for any woman

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

a unit of instruction

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading Needless to say he found no Franklin traces, although he really looked for them.

United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

plural of “naris” — any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

unnecessary and unwarranted

From this reading Needless to say he found no Franklin traces, although he really looked for them.

not any; not one

From this reading Needless to say he found no Franklin traces, although he really looked for them.

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

-ing form of “note” — make mention of

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

To move from a closed position.

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

above and across; more than

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

fraught with danger

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

plural of “point” — a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

having a pair of equal and opposite charges

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

plural of “reach” — the limits within which something can be effective

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading Needless to say he found no Franklin traces, although he really looked for them.

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From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

precisely, exactly

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916)

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

express in words

From this reading Needless to say he found no Franklin traces, although he really looked for them.

a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

plural of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

able to see

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

term of address for a man

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

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From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

plural of “start” — the beginning of anything

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

act of expanding by lengthening or widening

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

plural of “temperature” — the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Needless to say he found no Franklin traces, although he really looked for them.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

plural of “trace” — a just detectable amount

From this reading Needless to say he found no Franklin traces, although he really looked for them.

moved around an axis or center

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

marked by dissimilarity

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

an act of traveling by water

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

the act of traveling by foot

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

From this reading Captain Inglefield—Dr. Kane—The open Polar Sea—Hans Hendrik the Greenlander—Kalutunah the Eskimo—An Eskimo bear-hunt—A lesson in catching auks—Dr. Hayes—His journey over the glacier—Tyndall Glacier—Captain C. F. Hall—Joe and Hannah—Voyage of the _Polaris_—Drift of the _Polaris_—The voyage on the ice-floe—The British Government Expedition of 1875—The _Alert_ and _Discovery_—The cairn on Washington Irving Island—Discovery Harbour—How the _Alert_ got into safety at Floeberg Beach—Low temperatures—Nares on sledging—Description of the sledges and their burden—Markham starts for the Pole—Reaches 83° 20´ 26˝—Outbreak of scurvy—Parr's walk—Aldrich's journey west—Beaumont's journey east—The perilous homeward voyage.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.

which person or people

From this reading Lady Franklin, who incidentally did so much for Arctic discovery, sent out the _Isabel_ in 1852 under Commander, afterwards Sir, Edward Augustus Inglefield to search for her husband to the north of Baffin Bay.

belonging to which person

From this reading Unlike John Ross, the names of whose ships, _Isabella_ and _Alexander_, are home by the capes at its entrance, he found Smith Sound to be the highway to the north.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Steaming up the open water "stretching through seven points of the compass," noting the coasts as he went, he was turned back by the ice in 78° 28´, at the entrance to the Kane Sea, with Cairn Point and the way in to Rensselaer Harbour on his right, and Cape Sabine and Ellesmere Land, which he named, on his left; the farthest north he sighted being Cape Louis Napoleon, the farthest east Cape Frederick VII, now known as Cape Russell.