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Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 by Sir William Edward Parry
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Eastern Entrance of the Strait.--Proceed to the Southward.--Ships
beset and drifted up Lyon Inlet.--Decease of Mr. George Fife.--Final
Release from the Ice, and Arrival in England.--Remarks upon the
practicability of a Northwest Passage.

THIRD VOYAGE

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I.

Passage to the Whale-fish Islands, and Removal of Stores from the
Transport.--Enter the Ice in Baffin's Bay.--Difficulties of
Penetrating to the Westward.--Quit the Ice in Baffin's Bay.--Remarks
on the Obstructions encountered by the Ships, and on the Severity of
the Season.

CHAPTER II.

Enter Sir James Lancaster's Sound.--Land at Cape Warrender.--Meet
with young Ice.--Ships beset and carried near the Shore.--Driven
back to Navy-board Inlet.--Run to the Westward, and enter Prince