. American boys in the Arctics; a trip to the far north by a new path. irection along thesmooth ice. He thousrht hewas drowning, but just as hewas about to give up he sawa gleam of light above him,struck out with mio;ht andmain, and an instant latershot out of the water as faras his waist, with the brightsun full in his face. Theiceberg was behind him. Hewas so benumbed by coldthat he was hardly more thanconscious, but while he struggled to keep his head above and catch hisbreath, he heard Roy calling: All right, Scott. Hold there a second. Are you hurt ? Guess not, he gasped, but cold. Colder
. American boys in the Arctics; a trip to the far north by a new path. irection along thesmooth ice. He thousrht hewas drowning, but just as hewas about to give up he sawa gleam of light above him,struck out with mio;ht andmain, and an instant latershot out of the water as faras his waist, with the brightsun full in his face. Theiceberg was behind him. Hewas so benumbed by coldthat he was hardly more thanconscious, but while he struggled to keep his head above and catch hisbreath, he heard Roy calling: All right, Scott. Hold there a second. Are you hurt ? Guess not, he gasped, but cold. Coldern Greenland! A moment later Roy was beside him. He was too cold to help him-self, and the gig was too light to pull him in, so Roy could simply holdon to him till another boat with two sailors came up. Jehu ! said Roy, when they had Scott at last safe in the cabin. Iwouldnt go through that for a farm Down East. I thought you werenever coming up, but when you did come you popped out just like a missed a wonderful sight, I tell you. That whole iceberg, bigger. SCOTT S FIRST VIEW. FROM LABRADOR TO GREENLAND. 63 than a dozen churches, just rolled right over like a lump of ice in a glasspitcher. It went right over on top of you, and I believe every particularhair on my head stood on end. I dont remember anything about start-ing, but the first I knew I was in the gig pulling like mad. Its luckywe left it in the water last night. Well, were learning something about ice navigation, at any rate,Scott said, as he pushed his feet closer to the stove and drank a cup ofhot coffee. Just then a sailor lifted the skylight and observed: Theres a sailaway to the starboard, sir, and land three or four miles to port. Land! Roy gasped, springing to his feet and rushing on deck. Land ! Scott exclaimed, jumping into a pair of dry boots and athick jacket and following him. They were spinning along almost due north, in water that was com-paratively clear of ice when Scott emerged. Roy was at h
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