. The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years . THE ADVANCE IN WINTER IN. THE PACK. COMMOTION OF THE ICE. 467 snow, and her stern perched high ahove the deck is an up and down hill work. She re-tains, too, her list to starboard. Her bare sides havebeen banked over again with snow to increase thewarmth, and a formidable flight of nine ice-block stepsadmits us to the door-way of her winter cover. Thestores, hastily thrown out from the vessel when w
. The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years . THE ADVANCE IN WINTER IN. THE PACK. COMMOTION OF THE ICE. 467 snow, and her stern perched high ahove the deck is an up and down hill work. She re-tains, too, her list to starboard. Her bare sides havebeen banked over again with snow to increase thewarmth, and a formidable flight of nine ice-block stepsadmits us to the door-way of her winter cover. Thestores, hastily thrown out from the vessel when weexpected her to go to pieces, are still upon the littleremnant of old floe on our port or northern side. TheRescue is some hundred yards off to the south of east. The next day things underwent a change. Themorning was a misty one, giving us just light enoughto make out objects that were near the ship ; the windwesterly, as it had been for some time, freshening per-haps to a breeze. The day went on quietly till noon,when a sudden shock brought us all up to the out upon the ice, we found that a crack hadopened between us and the Rescue, and was extendingin a zigzag course from
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