winter-quarters

So the messenger came to King Edmund and speedily announced to him Hingwar's message: Hingwar our king, keen and victorious by sea and by land, has rule over many peoples, and has now landed here suddenly with an army, intending to take up his winter-quarters here with his host.

Time To Ditch St. George 2008

So the messenger came to King Edmund and speedily announced to him Hingwar's message: Hingwar our king, keen and victorious by sea and by land, has rule over many peoples, and has now landed here suddenly with an army, intending to take up his winter-quarters here with his host.

Archive 2008-04-20 2008

Early on the morning of December 26, 1862, in a heavy rain, the army marched, the movement being directed on Murfreesboro ', where the enemy had made some preparation to go into winter-quarters, and to hold which town it was hoped he would accept battle.

She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

Fortunately, among the veterans of the expedition there were several practised observers, and, notwithstanding all drawbacks, a fine series of observations was obtained during ten months 'stay in winter-quarters on the Antarctic continent.

The South Pole~ Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim 2009

There was a possibility that the rock might project among the evidences of heavy pressure at the foot of this slope; and with this possibility in view we made a five days 'trip, following the great fissure, or "bay," as we generally called it, right up to its head, twenty-three geographical miles to the east of our winter-quarters.

The South Pole~ The Eastern Sledge Journey 2009

In the bustle of getting away from our winter-quarters there had been no time for any celebration of the fortunate reunion of the land and sea parties.

The South Pole~ Northward 2009

This was one of many indications that the ice round our winter-quarters was not in motion at all.

The South Pole~ The Eastern Sledge Journey 2009

The absolutely lowest temperature recorded in the Antarctic region was - 66. 8°on a journey southward from the "Discovery's" winter-quarters by Lieut. Barne on the 15th of September 1903; the lowest temperature at the winter-quarters was - 58. 5° on the 28th of September 1903.

Perspective of Antarctica in 1911 2009

The man was Lindström, and the supposed ruin was the most ingenious of all winter-quarters.

The South Pole~ The Eastern Sledge Journey 2009

We welcomed them as the first living creatures we had seen since leaving winter-quarters.

The South Pole~ The Eastern Sledge Journey 2009