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A strong current sets in constantly to the north; but, from altitudes of more than five hundred feet, I saw only narrow strips of ice, with great spaces of open water, from ten to fifteen miles in breadth, between them. OUR STRONG CURRENT SITS CONSTANTLY TO THE NORTH BUT FROM ALTITUDES OF MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED FEET I SAW ONLY NARROW STRIPS OF ICE WITH GREAT SPACES OF OPEN WATER FROM TEN TO FIFTEEN MILES IN BREADTH BETWEEN THEM
tten through. On the third day we came to an island. Its shores were washed by an open sea. My father determined to land and explore for a day. This new land was destitute of timber, but we found a large accumulation of drift-wood on the northern shore. Some of the trunks of the trees were forty feet long and two feet in diameter.(7) (7 Greely tells us in vol. 1, page 100, that: "Privates Connell and Frederick found a large coniferous tree on the beach, just above the extreme high-water mark. It was nearly thirty inches in circumference, some thirty feet long, and had apparently been carried to that point by a current within a couple of years. A portion of it was cut up for fire-wood, and for the first time in that valley, a bright, cheery camp-fire gave comfort to man.") After one day's exploration of the coast line of this island, we lifted anchor and turned our prow to the north in an open sea.(8) (8 Dr. Kane says, on page 379 of his works: "I cannot imagine what becomes of the ice. AME TO AN ISLAND ITS SHORES WERE WASHED BY AN OPEN SEA MY FATHER DETERMINED TO LAND AND EXPLORE FOR A DAY THIS NEW LAND WAS DESTITUTE OF TIMBER BUT WE FOUND A LARGE ACCUMULATION OF DRIFTWOOD ON THE NORTHERN SHORE SOME OF THE CHUNKS OF THE TREES WERE FORTY FEET LONG AND TWO FEET IN DIAMETER NOTE SEVEN GREELEY TELLS US IN VOLUME ONE PAGE ONE HUNDRED THAT QUOTE PIRATES CANAL AND FREDERICK FOUND A LARGE CONIFEROUS TREE ON THE BEACH JUST ABOVE THE EXTREME HIGH WATER MARK IT WAS NEARLY THIRTY INCHES IN CIRCUMFERENCE AND SOME THIRTY FEET LONG AND HAD APPARENTLY BEEN CARRIED TO THAT POINT BY A CURRENT WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS A PORTION OF IT WAS CUT UP WITH FIREWOOD AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THAT VALLEY A BRIGHT CHEERY CAMP FIRE GAVE COMFORT TO MAN UNCOILED AFTER ONE DAY'S EXPLORATION OF THE COAST LINE OF THIS ISLAND WE LIFTED ANCHOR AND TURNED OUR PROW TO THE NORTH IN AN OPEN SEA NOTE EIGHT DOCTOR KANE SAYS ON PAGE THREE SEVENTY NINE OF HIS WORKS QUOTE I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT BECOMES OF THE ICE
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