A voyage towards the North Pole : undertaken by His Majesty's command, 1773 . >///(• a//a Cauca ss /I/cn/y ////?(u/^/// ///r Ice, 7//fVf/.i/:IC, /77. f ? < ( JOURNAL. 6g to winter here, who all periflied. The Dutch fhips flill to this place for the latter feafon of the whalefifhery. 12 th. Got the inftruments on fhore, and the tentpitched ; but could not make any obfervations this day orthe next, from the badnefs of the weather. •13th. Rain, and blowing hard : two of the Dutch fhipsfailed for Holland. 14th. The weather being fine and little wind, wcbegan our ob
A voyage towards the North Pole : undertaken by His Majesty's command, 1773 . >///(• a//a Cauca ss /I/cn/y ////?(u/^/// ///r Ice, 7//fVf/.i/:IC, /77. f ? < ( JOURNAL. 6g to winter here, who all periflied. The Dutch fhips flill to this place for the latter feafon of the whalefifhery. 12 th. Got the inftruments on fhore, and the tentpitched ; but could not make any obfervations this day orthe next, from the badnefs of the weather. •13th. Rain, and blowing hard : two of the Dutch fhipsfailed for Holland. 14th. The weather being fine and little wind, wcbegan our obfervations. 18th. Completed the Calm all our ftay, I again fet up the pendulum, but wasnot fo fortunate as before, never having been able to getan obfervation of a revolution of the fun, or even equalaltitudes for the time. We had an opportunity of deter-mining the refradion at midnight, which anfwered withina few feconds to the calculation in Dr. Bradleys table, al-lowing for the barometer and thermometer. Being withinfight of Cloven Clif
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