. Adventures of two youths in the open Polar Sea. ighestpeaks were less than three thousand feet high. One of these ranges lies along the southern coast, andthe other near the centre of theisland, from east to west; northof the backbone, or centralrange, there is a rolling land,with occasional detached peaks,and along the entire coast linethere are numerous sand-barswhich render navigation bothdifficult and dangerous. Asbefore stated, there is verylittle vegetation, and the an-imal life is confined to polarbears, seals, walruses, and numerous water-fowl. ^Before they lost sight of Wrangell Isl
. Adventures of two youths in the open Polar Sea. ighestpeaks were less than three thousand feet high. One of these ranges lies along the southern coast, andthe other near the centre of theisland, from east to west; northof the backbone, or centralrange, there is a rolling land,with occasional detached peaks,and along the entire coast linethere are numerous sand-barswhich render navigation bothdifficult and dangerous. Asbefore stated, there is verylittle vegetation, and the an-imal life is confined to polarbears, seals, walruses, and numerous water-fowl. ^Before they lost sight of Wrangell Island our friends had HeraldIsland in full view, so that there was no necessity of an observation ex-cept for verifying or correcting the figures of previous navigators. Nearthe coast of Herald Island they met a whaling ship, and sent a boat onboard; it returned shortly, with the announcement that the whaler hadbeen successful and was nearly full of oil; one whale more would com-plete the cargo, and then she would steer for San Francisco. This an-. EXPLORING THE COAST. LANDING ON HERALD ISLAND. 141 nouncement led to a hasty completion of letters and despatches, whichwere sealed in a bag and despatched to America. The Gambetta alsosent a bag of letters, and as soon as they were on board, the whaler filledaway and steered to the southward. Her captain was confident that ina few days his would be complete, and he hoped soon to be out ofthe Arctic Ocean, and headed fur home.
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