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"On the second of November," says Peary, "the wind freshened up to a gale from north by west, lowered the thermometer before midnight to 5 degrees, whereas, a rise of wind at Melville Island was generally accompanied by a simultaneous rise in the thermometer at low temperatures. ON THE SECOND OF NOVEMBER SAYS PERIOD THE WIND FRESHENED UP TO A GALE FROM THE NORTH BY NORTHWEST LOWERED THE THERMOMETER BEFORE MIDNIGHT TO FIVE DEGREES WHEREAS OUR RISE OF WIND AT MELVILLE ISLAND WAS GENERALLY ACCOMPANIED BY A SIMULTANEOUS RISE IN THE THERMOMETER AT LOW TEMPERATURES
of the ice. 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. It must, therefore, either go to an open space in the north, or dissolve.") I remember that neither my father nor myself had tasted food for almost thirty hours. Perhaps this was because of the tension of excitement about our strange voyage in waters farther north, my father said, than anyone had ever before been. Active mentality had dulled the demands of the physical needs. Instead of the cold being intense as we had anticipated, it was really warmer and more pleasant than it had been while in Hammerfest on the north coast of Norway, some six weeks before.(9) (9 Captain Peary's second voyage relates another circumstance which may serve to confirm a conjecture which has long been maintained by some, that an open sea, free of ice, exists at or near the Pole. HAT BECOMES OF THE ICE 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 IT MUST THEREFORE EITHER GO TO AN OPEN SPACE IN THE NORTH OR DISSOLVE ON BOARD I REMEMBER THAT NEITHER MY FATHER NOR MYSELF HAD TASTED FOOD FOR ALMOST THIRTY HOURS PERHAPS THIS WAS BECAUSE OF THE TENSION OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT OUR STRANGE VOYAGE AND WATERS FARTHER NORTH MY FATHER SAID THAT ANY ONE HAD EVER BEFORE BEEN ACTIVE MENTALITY HAD DULLED THE DEMANDS OF THE PHYSICAL NEEDS INSTEAD OF THE COLD AND TENSE AS WE HAD ANTICIPATED IT WAS REALLY WARMER AND MORE PLEASANT THAN IT HAD BEEN WHILE IN AMERFUST ON THE NORTH COAST OF NORWAY SOME SIX WEEKS BEFORE NOTE NINE CAPTAIN PERRY'S SECOND VOYAGE RELATES ANOTHER CIRCUMSTANCE WHICH MAY SERVE TO CONFIRM A CONJECTURE WHICH HAS LONG BEEN MAINTAINED BY SOME THAT AN OPEN SEA FREE OF ICE EXISTS AT OR NEAR THE POLE QUOTE
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