Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux; being the narrative of an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, in the years 1860, 1861, and 1862 (1865)
Hall, Charles Francis, 1821-1871 · New York, Harper & Brothers · leaf 318
o in the morning, but they were shy, and went down. Had it not been for the hummocks, we should have pursued our course toward Hall’s Island; but it requires weather in which one can see more than five fathoms ahead to travel safe- ly over such ice. The land on which we here encamped is an island… … * After the daughter of Henry Grinnell. Sylvia Island is in lat. 62° 353’ N., long. 64° 36’ W.
Franklin, John, 1786-1847 · Eskimos
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