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But, first of all, let me indulge in one or two reflections: Generation follows generation, and the traditions from the misty past are handed down from sire to son, but for some strange reason interest in the ice locked unknown does not abate with the receding years, either in the minds of the ignorant or the tutored. BUT FIRST OF ALL LET ME INDULGE IN ONE OR TWO REFLECTIONS GENERATION FOLLOWS GENERATION AND THE TRADITIONS FROM THE MISTY PAST ARE HANDED DOWN FROM SIDE TO SON BUT FOR SOME STRANGE REASON INTEREST IN THE ICE LOCKED UNKNOWN DOES NOT ABATE WITH THE RECEDING YEARS EITHER IN THE MINDS OF THE IGNORANT OR THE TUDORED
ks to the gods, Odin and Thor, will be in my grave, and so beyond the reach of disbelievers who would persecute." Without a thought of the farreaching results the promise entailed, or foreseeing the many sleepless nights which the obligation has since brought me, I gave my hand and with it a pledge to discharge faithfully his dying wish. As the sun rose over the peaks of the San Jacinto, far to the eastward, the spirit of Olaf Jansen, the navigator, the explorer and worshiper of Odin and Thor, the man whose experiences and travels, as related, are without a parallel in all the world's history, passed away, and I was left alone with the dead. And now, after having paid the last sad rites to this strange man from the Lofoden Islands, and the still farther "Northward Ho!", the courageous explorer of frozen regions, who in his declining years (after he had passed the four-score mark) had sought an asylum of restful peace in sun-favored California, I will undertake to make public his story.  I THANKS TO THE GODS ODIN AND THOR WILL BE IN MY GRAVE AND SO BEYOND THE REACH OF DISBELIEVERS WHO WOULD PERSECUTE IT UNQUOTE WITHOUT A THOUGHT OF THE FAR RICHING RESULTS THE PROMISETAILED OR FORESEEING THE MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS WHICH THE OBLIGATION HAS SINCE BROUGHT ME I GAVE MY HAND AND WITH IT A PLEDGE TO DISCHARGE FAITHFULLY HIS DYING WISH AS THE SUN ROSE OVER THE PEAKS OF THE SAN JACINTO FAR TO THE EASTWARD THE SPIRIT OF OLAF CHANSON THE NARRAID THE EXPLORER AND WORSHIPER OF ODIN AND THOR THE MAN WHOSE EXPERIENCES AND TRAVELS AS RELATED ARE WITHOUT A PARALLEL IN ALL THE WORLD'S HISTORY PASSED AWAY WHEN I WAS LEFT ALONE WITH THE DEAD AND NOW AFTER HAVING PAID THE LAST SAD RIGHTS TO THIS STRANGE MAN FROM THE LAFADEN ISLANDS AND THE STILL FARTHER NORTHWARD HULL GUDENCOURT THE COURAGEOUS EXPLORER OF FROZEN REGIONS WHO IN HIS DECLINING YEARS AFTER HE HAD PASSED THE FOURSCORE MARK HAD SOUGHT AN ASYLUM OF RESTFUL PEACE IN SOME FAVORED CALIFORNIA I WILL UNDERTAKE TO MAKE PUBLIC HIS STORY
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