Our lost explorers : the narrative of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition as related by the survivors, and in the records and last journals of Lieutenant De Long . CHAPTER XXiy. MR. NEWCOMBS NARRATIVE.(continued). DURING- the summer of 1880 the ice had been compara-tively quiet, but by October it was grinding, smash-ing, and piling up in many places in a manner fatal to anyship caught by it. The mercury fell to —45 degrees by themiddle of this month, and the snow would give a metallicring at each footfall, loud enough to interfere with ordinaryconversation. Standing near some of these conflicts be
Our lost explorers : the narrative of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition as related by the survivors, and in the records and last journals of Lieutenant De Long . CHAPTER XXiy. MR. NEWCOMBS NARRATIVE.(continued). DURING- the summer of 1880 the ice had been compara-tively quiet, but by October it was grinding, smash-ing, and piling up in many places in a manner fatal to anyship caught by it. The mercury fell to —45 degrees by themiddle of this month, and the snow would give a metallicring at each footfall, loud enough to interfere with ordinaryconversation. Standing near some of these conflicts be-tween grinding floes, one first would realize the pressure by. CONFLICT OF THE FLOES. the humming, buzzing sound; then a pulsation is must give. Bang goes the ice right under foot,with a report like a big gun. Although you are watching, itstartles you. It upheaves, lifts you with it, and you muststep back to a safer place. I have often taken these is a wonderful fascination about it. On November 10th the sun was seen by refraction; onthe 11th it left us. The temperature this month varied a (292) CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS. 293 good deal, falling to —33° the first week and rising the lastof the month to +8°. Whenever the ice opened the tempera-ture would rise by reason of the amount of heat lowest temperatures were during clear weather. Seve-ral meteors were observed this month. These were of muchinterest to Mr. Collins, and were he with us he would havesomething to say about them in his usual entertaining man-ner. Appetites and sleep were not so good this second December the ship was shaken
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