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... weather again after that— tremendous gales , with snow . The drift flew across the ice faster than a railway train . Some- times the ice would crack for miles - it had run foul , you see , of a berg aground - and then we'd be frozen in ...
... weather again after that— tremendous gales , with snow . The drift flew across the ice faster than a railway train . Some- times the ice would crack for miles - it had run foul , you see , of a berg aground - and then we'd be frozen in ...
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... weather , as I said . before , things now looked to be summer , but the sou ' - west wind and the rain had given over all at once . It was getting clear and sharp again , fewer of the wild geese and ducks flying overhead , and a light ...
... weather , as I said . before , things now looked to be summer , but the sou ' - west wind and the rain had given over all at once . It was getting clear and sharp again , fewer of the wild geese and ducks flying overhead , and a light ...
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... weather , though it was cold , was clear , which was a great thing . The spring - tide , as I said , favoured well , and what there was of the wind was northerly , the best for the purpose . This was as near as possible two years from ...
... weather , though it was cold , was clear , which was a great thing . The spring - tide , as I said , favoured well , and what there was of the wind was northerly , the best for the purpose . This was as near as possible two years from ...
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... weather , I could see clearly , and all in a moment I saw what it was that had struck me about the horn atop of that berg ; for there had been some sort of spar “ stepped into the ice , though the most part of it had been snapped and ...
... weather , I could see clearly , and all in a moment I saw what it was that had struck me about the horn atop of that berg ; for there had been some sort of spar “ stepped into the ice , though the most part of it had been snapped and ...
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... weather inclined to get thick , consequently they might lose them- selves on the way round , without provisions either , or much chance of catching anything . The first thing I did was to gather all the stuff I could find for a fire ...
... weather inclined to get thick , consequently they might lose them- selves on the way round , without provisions either , or much chance of catching anything . The first thing I did was to gather all the stuff I could find for a fire ...
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