. 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 . Dec. 6. The above is a rough idea of our last three dayspositions and changes. The ice, as I have sketched it, December 7, beganto close at 11 , and, at the same time, the brigwas driven toward the open crack of December 4 (c).At 1 this closed on us with fearful nipping. 1 Ean on deck. The ice was comparativelyquiescent when I attempted to write; but it recom-menced with a steady pressure, which must soon proveir
. 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 . Dec. 6. The above is a rough idea of our last three dayspositions and changes. The ice, as I have sketched it, December 7, beganto close at 11 , and, at the same time, the brigwas driven toward the open crack of December 4 (c).At 1 this closed on us with fearful nipping. 1 Ean on deck. The ice was comparativelyquiescent when I attempted to write; but it recom-menced with a steady pressure, which must soon proveirresistible. My journal does not tell the story; but it is worthnoting, as it illustrates the sedative effect of a protract-ed succession of hazards. Our brig had just mountedthe floe, and as we stood on the ice watching her vi-bration, it seemed so certain that she must come overon her beam-ends, that our old boatswain, Brooks,called out to stand from under. At this momentit occurred to one of the officers that the fires had notbeen put out, and that the stores remaining on boardwould be burned by the falling of the stoves. Swing-ing himself back to the deck, and
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