. American boys in the Arctics; a trip to the far north by a new path. GRAPPLING WITH AN ENORMOUS WHALE. Theres seven times more ice — only its spread out more and solid,sir, said a sailor, and the boys looked at each other and resolved not tobe quite so quick in coming to conclusions, in the face of science, in thefuture. They passed a few more whalers and one or two Danish brigs, anda chunky little steamer working through the ice, but did not come insight of land. Three times a day they took the most careful observa-tions, and each time seemed to be farther and farther north, while bydead re
. American boys in the Arctics; a trip to the far north by a new path. GRAPPLING WITH AN ENORMOUS WHALE. Theres seven times more ice — only its spread out more and solid,sir, said a sailor, and the boys looked at each other and resolved not tobe quite so quick in coming to conclusions, in the face of science, in thefuture. They passed a few more whalers and one or two Danish brigs, anda chunky little steamer working through the ice, but did not come insight of land. Three times a day they took the most careful observa-tions, and each time seemed to be farther and farther north, while bydead reckoning, by log and compass, they should be almost in the middleof Greenland. Again the old sailor was of value in calling to mind what they alreadyknew but had forgotten to apply, that there was always a great variationof the compass in the far north, when the north pole and the magnetic pole. FROM LABRADOR TO GREENLAND. 71 were in two distinctly different directions. Again the boys looked ateach other in a way to indicate that they realized they had yet much tolearn, and, by the sun, set their course due east. Ten hours later the lookout reported land ahead. It was a little islandwith drifting ice for half a mile clinging to the lee shore. Upon this icewere seals without number, and five or six walrus. The huge fellowslooked very tempting, and Scott was so anxious to have a shot at themthat the Snowbird hove to, and he and Roy landed on the ice. There
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