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This is a fact of great practical value, for if ever the whalers can penetrate north as far as the Polar basin, they may be sure of an immediate cargo, as this part of the ocean seems the general reservoir of whales and seals, and every marine species. THIS IS A FACT OF GREAT PRACTICAL VALUE FOR IF EVER THE WHALERS CAN PENETRATE NORTH AS FAR AS THE POLAR BASIN THEY MAY BE SURE OF AN IMMEDIATE CARGO AS THIS PART OF THE OCEAN SEEMS THE GENERAL RESERVOIR OF WHALES AND SEALS IN EVERY MARINE SPECIES
influence on animated nature as in temperate zones. Birds, fish, and all the cetacea disappeared and perfect silence prevailed. Since the departure from Altamont Harbour, the sloop had made one degree further north. The next day brought no signs of land; there was not even a speck on the horizon. The wind was still favourable, and the sea pretty calm. The birds and fishes returned as numerously as on the preceding day, and the Doctor leaning over the side of the vessel, could see the whales and the dolphins, and all the rest of the monsters of the deep, gradually coming up from the clear depths below. On the surface, far as the eye could reach, nothing was visible except a solitary iceberg here and there, and a few scattered floes. Indeed, but little ice was met with anywhere. The sloop was ten degrees above the point of greatest cold, and consequently in the same temperature as Baffin's Bay and Disko. It was therefore not astonishing that the sea should be open in these summer months.  BUT IT HAD THE SAME INFLUENCE ON ANIMATED NATURE AS IN TEMPERATE ZONES BIRDS FISH AND ALL THE CETACEIA DISAPPEARED AND PERFECT SILENCE PREVAILED SINCE THE DEPARTURE FROM ALTAMONT HARBOR THE SLOOP HAD MADE ONE DEGREE FURTHER NORTH THE NEXT DAY BROUGHT NO SIGNS OF LAND THERE WAS NOT EVEN A SPECK ON THE HORIZON THE WIND WAS STILL FAVORABLE AND THE SEA PRETTY CALM THE BIRDS AND FISHES RETURNED AS NUMEROUSLY AS ON THE PRECEDING DAY AND THE DOCTOR LEANING OVER THE SIDE OF THE VESSEL COULD SEE THE WHALES AND THE DOLPHINS AND ALL THE REST OF THE MONSTERS OF THE DEEP GRADUALLY COMING UP FROM THE CLEAR DEPTHS BELOW ON THE SURFACE FAR AS THE EYE COULD REACH NOTHING WAS VISIBLE EXCEPT A SOLITARY ICEBERG HERE AND THERE AND A FEW SCATTERED FLOES INDEED BUT LITTLE ICE WAS MET WITH ANYWHERE THE SLOOP WAS TEN DEGREES ABOVE THE POINT OF THE GREATEST COLD AND CONSEQUENTLY IN THE SAME TEMPERATURE AS BAFFIN'S BAY AND DISCO IT WAS THEREFORE NOT ASTONISHING THAT THE SEA SHOULD BE OPEN IN THESE SUMMER MONTHS
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