. A voyage to the arctic in the whaler Aurora. andering about, but with-out seeing anything of interest. The Cornwalliswas still hooked on when we left Cape Kater, onTuesday. We kept away from the coast to lookfor a berg from which we might water. Theweather was clear and frosty, and at night theaurora borealis was very beautiful. September 3rd. Wednesday. We found a floefast to the base of a very large berg, and on thisthere was a lake of fresh water frozen over. Theship being made fast, a hole was drilled in the iceand our water tanks filled. On the berg there was a white fox, but no shoot-i
. A voyage to the arctic in the whaler Aurora. andering about, but with-out seeing anything of interest. The Cornwalliswas still hooked on when we left Cape Kater, onTuesday. We kept away from the coast to lookfor a berg from which we might water. Theweather was clear and frosty, and at night theaurora borealis was very beautiful. September 3rd. Wednesday. We found a floefast to the base of a very large berg, and on thisthere was a lake of fresh water frozen over. Theship being made fast, a hole was drilled in the iceand our water tanks filled. On the berg there was a white fox, but no shoot-ing at it was allowed lest the concussion shouldbring down masses of ice. By evening we movedaway and made fast to a floe far from our danger-ous neighbor. The cold was intense and bay iceformed around the ship. I heard the thunder of splitting bergs severaltimes during the night; they sounded like ava-lanches among the Alps in the springtime. Atthis season, especially on very cold nights, bergsoften split and turn over owing to water freezing. West Side Native Residence
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