young ice

young a Standing on the forecastle, I watched the ship crunching through several miles of young ice. She never actually stopped once. Her bows would rise up on it, then huge slabs would tilt on end as she glided on. Sometimes a long crack would open and let her slide in to be almost stuck. By degree...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Arctic
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67104
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/67104 2023-12-31T10:02:03+01:00 young ice 1970/06/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67104 eng eng Y 1911 LINDSAY Voyage to the Arctic 29 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13209 Y_13209_young a http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67104 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:25Z young a Standing on the forecastle, I watched the ship crunching through several miles of young ice. She never actually stopped once. Her bows would rise up on it, then huge slabs would tilt on end as she glided on. Sometimes a long crack would open and let her slide in to be almost stuck. By degrees she would gain way and probably steam into an open pool, to strike the opposite side with considerable force, thereby opening a crack in which she would repreat the performance. The engine is the secret of ice navigation. With canvas alone we would have been fast in the ice much of the time, while with heavier engines we could have gone through heavier ice. PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story JUN 1970 JH JUN 1970 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Not used Manuscript Arctic Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
young ice
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description young a Standing on the forecastle, I watched the ship crunching through several miles of young ice. She never actually stopped once. Her bows would rise up on it, then huge slabs would tilt on end as she glided on. Sometimes a long crack would open and let her slide in to be almost stuck. By degrees she would gain way and probably steam into an open pool, to strike the opposite side with considerable force, thereby opening a crack in which she would repreat the performance. The engine is the secret of ice navigation. With canvas alone we would have been fast in the ice much of the time, while with heavier engines we could have gone through heavier ice. PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story JUN 1970 JH JUN 1970 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Not used
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title young ice
title_short young ice
title_full young ice
title_fullStr young ice
title_full_unstemmed young ice
title_sort young ice
publishDate 1970
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67104
genre Arctic
Newfoundland
genre_facet Arctic
Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation Y
1911 LINDSAY Voyage to the Arctic 29
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13209
Y_13209_young a
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