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My father was an ardent believer in Odin and Thor, and had frequently told me they were gods who came from far beyond the "North Wind." MY FATHER WAS AN ARDENT BELIEVER IN ODIN AND THOR AND HAD FREQUENTLY TOLD ME THEY WERE GODS WHO CAME FROM FAR BEYOND THE NORTH WIND
e mildness of the temperature on the western coast of Spitzbergen, there being little or no sensation of cold, though the thermometer might be only a few degrees above the freezing-point. The brilliant and lively effect of a clear day, when the sun shines forth with a pure sky, whose azure hue is so intense as to find no parallel even in the boasted Italian sky.") On the east coast there were numerous icebergs, yet here we were in open water. Far to the west of us, however, were icepacks, and still farther to the westward the ice appeared like ranges of low hills. In front of us, and directly to the north, lay an open sea.(4) (4 Captain Kane, on page 299, quoting from Morton's Journal on Monday, the 26th of December, says: "As far as I could see, the open passages were fifteen miles or more wide, with sometimes mashed ice separating them. But it is all small ice, and I think it either drives out to the open space to the north or rots and sinks, as I could see none ahead to the north.") TEMPERATURE ON THE WESTERN COAST OF SPITZBERGEN THERE BEING LITTLE OR NO SENSATION OF COLD THOUGH THE THERMOMETER MIGHT BE ONLY A FEW DEGREES ABOVE THE FREEZING POINT THE BRILLIANT AND LIVELY EFFECT OF A CLEAR DAY WHEN THE SUN SHINES FORTH WITH THE PURE SKY WHOSE AZURE HUE IS SO INTENSE AS TO FIND NO PARALLEL EVEN IN THE BOASTED ITALIAN SKY UNQUOTED ON THE EAST COAST THERE WAS NUMEROUS ICEBERGS YET HERE WE WERE IN OPEN WATER FAR TO THE WEST OF US HOWEVER WERE ICE PACKS AND STILL FARTHER TO THE WESTWARD THE ICE APPEARED LIKE RANGES OF LOW HILLS IN FRONT OF US AND DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH LAY AN OPEN SEA NOTE FOUR CAPTAIN KANE ON PAGE TWO NINETY NINE QUOTING FROM MORTON'S JOURNAL ON MONDAY THE TWENTY SIXTH OF DECEMBER SAYS QUOTE AS FAR AS I COULD SEE THE OPEN PASSAGES WERE FIFTEEN MILES OR MORE WIDE WITH SOMETIMES MASHED ICE SEPARATING THEM BUT IT IS ALL SMALL ICE AND I THINK IT EITHER DRIVES OUT TO THE OPEN SPACE TO THE NORTH OR ROTS AND SINKS AS I COULD SEE NONE AHEAD TO THE NORTH UNQUOTH
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