 | 1868 - 746 Seiten
...urged the dogs to their utmost speed ; they flew across the yielding fragments to the field against which we had been stranded, and safely reached a part of it of a firmer character, on which were several hummocks, and here the dogs immediately ceased running, apparently... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1840 - 650 Seiten
...terrific, and the mass beneath us was shattered into fragments. At that dreadful moment, when escape teemed impossible, the impulse of self-preservation implanted...part of it of firmer character, on which were several hummocks, and where the dogs immediately ceased running, conscious, apparently, that the danger was... | |
 | Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel' - 1840 - 568 Seiten
...decree. Dark clouds now rose from the west, and the whole atmosphere became filled with a damp vapour. A strong breeze suddenly sprung up from the west,...of it of firmer character, on which were .several hummocks, and where the dogs immediately ceased running, conscious, apparently, that the danger was... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1840 - 658 Seiten
...suddenly it was caught by the storm, and hurled ngainst a large field of ice; the crash was terrifie, and the mass beneath us was shattered into fragments....part of it of firmer character, on which were several hummocks, and where the dogs immediately ceased running, conscious, apparently, that the danger was... | |
 | Ferdinand Petrovich baron Wrangel - 1841 - 328 Seiten
...urged the dogs to their utmost speed : they flew across the yielding fragments to the field against which we had been stranded, and safely reached a part of it of firmer character, on which were several hummocks, and here the dogs immediately ceased running, apparently conscious that the danger was passed.... | |
 | 1845 - 356 Seiten
...damp vapour. A strong breeze suddenly sprung up from the west, and increased in less than half-an-hour to a storm. Every moment huge masses of ice around...part of it of firmer character, on which were several hummocks, and where the dogs immediately ceased running, conscious, apparently, that the danger was... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 794 Seiten
...moment, when escape seemed impossible, the impulse of eelf-preservation implanted in every living bcing saved us. Instinctively we all sprang at once on the...part of it of firmer character, on which were several hummocks, and where the dc№ immediately ceased running, conscious, apparently, that the danger vas... | |
 | 1849 - 238 Seiten
...being, saved us. Instinctively we all sprang at once on the sledges, and urged the dogs to their utmost speed. They flew across the yielding fragments to...conscious, apparently, that the danger was past."* These * Admiral Von TVrangell. dogs will perform very long journeys with no better food than a couple... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1854 - 740 Seiten
...been stranded, and safely readied a part of it of firmer character, on which were several hummocks, and where the dogs immediately ceased running, conscious,...God for our preservation from such imminent peril.' More than once, during this trip, the party heard from the Tchuktches, that land could be seen far... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1857 - 1074 Seiten
...the west, and the whole atmosphere became filled with a damp vapor. A strong breeze suddenly sprang up from the west, and increased in less than half...part of it of firmer character, on which were several hummocks, and where the dogs immediately ceased running, conscious, apparently, that the danger was... | |
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We had been three long hours in this position, and still the mass of ice beneath us held together, when suddenly it was caught by the storm, and hurled against a large field of ice. The crash was terrific, and the mass beneath us was shattered into fragments.... 
