Among the Esquimaux; or, Adventures under the Arctic Circle
he one whose light led them to hope for a time that their rescue was at hand. It sounded three times, and evidently the blasts
d to hear in this latitude," remar
ying along the Greenland coast. What's more, I've heard th
aving to do with the Franklin expedit
entical
amaze
finding traces of the ill-fated Franklin expedition of near a half century ago. It afterward came into the possession of the company that owns the cryolite mine at Ivigtut,
how blessed it would have been! But its lights had vanished long ago, and, if its
g Fred. This of necessity was vague and blind, and was accompanied with but a grain of hope. Neither had yet referred to the awful
aring of the air enabled them to pick their way with
t gave us the slip," said Jack, "and I don't
hile the night lasts, but I remember that we penetrated some w
there'll be another lad lost, and the
ied Rob, setting out on th
the sailor, who was carefully descending the
e won't find any signs of his having gone th
it faded from sight in the gloom. Still the youth looked and listened f
incline, making his way with the caution of a timid skater, when, like a flash, his feet flew fro
rifle, and, throwing out his right, he seized a projection of ice, checking himself within a f
s feet and retreating a few paces; "it would have been a pretty hard sw
red in that direction and fallen into the sea, he had left no traces that could be discovere
in as disconsolate a mood as can be imagined. A suspicion that Rob
ope so, for Jack Cosgrove isn't in the mood to see or talk with an
the elder youth, the sailor bowed his head, and, for se
he spent a brief while with his head s
ely that any ship will come as nigh to this thing as the 'Fox' did awhile ago, and I can't see one chance in ten thousand of our being took off. We haven't a mouthf
exhaust of a steamer at low pressure. One less experienced than he would have been deceived into the belief th
ls was disporting himself in the vicinity of the iceberg, an
direction whence came the noise. There was enough starlight for him to trace the outline of the mounta
than of the deep, which for a moment was projected against the sky and then sank ou
, for several minutes, until the d
if he did, he will make the mistake of believing the 'Fox'
e, a prey to his gloomy reflections. He had made up his mind to stay where he was until
er youth, and carefully withheld his fears and beliefs from him. He felt that he
ch of the boys owned an excellent timepiece. He probably fell into a doze, f
etching his arms, and looking in the direction where he expect
was peering through the increasing light, he caught
have you fou
have
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