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"Yes," said Hatteras, "it was the unusual severity of the winter that barred our progress, for it came on just at the worst time possible." "You were stopped, you say?" asked Altamont, looking fixedly at the captain. "Yes, in our voyage west," the Doctor hastened to reply. YES SAID HATTERAS IT WAS THE UNUSUAL SEVERITY OF THE WINTER THAT BARRED OUR PROGRESS FOR IT CAME ON AT JUST THE WORST TIME POSSIBLE YOU WERE STOPPED YOU SAY ASKED ALTAMONT LOOKING FIXEDLY AT THE CAPTAIN YES AND OUR VOYAGE WEST THE DOCTOR HASTENED TO REPLY
s, which appear to have come at intervals of about forty-one years. In 1364, the Rhone was frozen over as far as Arles; in 1408, the Danube was frozen throughout its entire extent, and the wolves crossed the Cattigut on firm ground; in 1509, the Adriatic and the Mediterranean were frozen at Venice and Marseilles, and the Baltic on the 10th of April; in 1608, all the cattle died in England from the cold; in 1789, the Thames was frozen as far as Gravesend; and the frightful winter of 1813 will long be remembered in France. The earliest and longest ever known in the present century was in 1829. So much for Europe." "But here, within the Polar circle, what is the lowest degree?" asked Altamont. "My word!" said the Doctor. "I think we have experienced the lowest ourselves, for one day the thermometer was 72° below zero, and, if my memory serves me right, the lowest temperature mentioned hitherto by Arctic voyagers has been 61° at Melville Island, 65° at Port Felix, and 70° at Fort Reliance. S FAR AS ARLES IN FOURTEEN O EIGHT THE DANUBE WAS FROZEN THROUGHOUT ITS ENTIRE EXTENT AND THE WOLVES CROSSED THE CADDAGUT ON FIRM GROUND IN FIFTEEN O NINE THE ADRIATIC AND THE MEDITERRANEAN WERE FROZEN AT VENICE AND MARSEILLES AND THE BALTIC ON THE TENTH OF APRIL IN SIXTEEN O EIGHT ALL THE CATTLE DIED IN ENGLAND FROM THE COLD IN SEVENTEEN EIGHTY NINE THE THAMES WAS FROZEN AS FAR AS GRAVESEND AND THE FRIGHTFUL WINTER OF EIGHTEEN THIRTEEN WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED IN FRANCE THE EARLIEST AND LONGEST EVER KNOWN IN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS IN EIGHTEEN TWENTY NINE SO MUCH FOR EUROPE BUT HERE WITHIN THE POLAR CIRCLE WHAT IS THE LOWEST DEGREE ASKED ALTAMONT MY WORD SAID THE DOCTOR I THINK WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LOWEST OURSELVES FOR ONE DAY THE THERMOMETER WAS SEVENTY TWO DEGREES BELOW ZERO AND IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE MENTIONED HITHERTO BY ARCTIC VOYAGERS HAS BEEN SIXTY ONE DEGREES AT MELVILLE ISLAND SIXTY FIVE DEGREES AT PORT FELIX AND SEVENTY DEGREES AT FORT RELIANCE
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