. 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 . PINNACLY THE RESCUE PARTY. LOST ON THE FLOES. 535 not tell: somewhere in among the hummocks to thenorth and east; it was drifting heavily round themwhen they parted. Irish Tom had stayed by to feedand care for the others; but the chances were sorelyagainst them. It was in vain to question them had evidently traveled a great distance, for theywere sinking with fatigue and hunger, and couldhardly be rallied e
. 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 . PINNACLY THE RESCUE PARTY. LOST ON THE FLOES. 535 not tell: somewhere in among the hummocks to thenorth and east; it was drifting heavily round themwhen they parted. Irish Tom had stayed by to feedand care for the others; but the chances were sorelyagainst them. It was in vain to question them had evidently traveled a great distance, for theywere sinking with fatigue and hunger, and couldhardly be rallied enough to tell us the direction inwhich they had come. My first impulse was to move on the instant withan unencumbered party: a rescue, to be effective oreven hopeful, could not be too prompt. What pressedon my mind most was, where the sufferers were to belooked for among the drifts. Ohlsen seemed to havehis faculties rather more at command than his associ-ates, and I thought that he might assist us as a guide;but he was sinking with exhaustion, and if he wentwith us we must carry him. There was not a moment to be lost. While somewere still busy with the new-comers, and getting r
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