besetment
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After a long and dangerous besetment in the polar ice to the north of Bering Strait, the American whaling-ship Navrach was abandoned August 14, 1897.
From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Adolphus W. Greely
Our work was now at an end, and we had only to wait for a northerly or westerly wind to release us from our present "besetment," for, in fact, it was now nothing more.
From 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 1 by Sir William Edward Parry
He made every effort to shake off this new besetment, this fresh assault upon the tranquility he had attained.
From The Hidden Places by Bertrand W. Sinclair
And the curious part of the besetment is that I have known all along that I was killing your love for me.
From The City of Numbered Days by Francis Lynde
Hitherto it had been the chief aim of Arctic explorations to avoid besetment, and to try and creep round the land shores.
From The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known by Joseph Jacobs
