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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. 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
 writes, on page 288: "On the 23rd of January the two Esquimaux, accompanied by two of the seamen, went to Cape Lupton. They reported a sea of open water extending as far as the eye could reach.") The sun was low in the horizon, as it was still the early summer. Indeed, we had almost four months of day ahead of us before the frozen night could come on again. Our little fishing-sloop sprang forward as if eager as ourselves for adventure. Within thirty-six hours we were out of sight of the highest point on the coast line of Franz Josef Land. We seemed to be in a strong current running north by northeast. Far to the right and to the left of us were icebergs, but our little sloop bore down on the narrows and passed through channels and out into open seas--channels so narrow in places that, had our craft been other than small, we never could have gotten 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.  GE TWO EIGHTY EIGHT QUOTE ON THE TWENTY THIRD OF JANUARY THE TWO ESQUIMAU ACCOMPANIED BY TWO OF THE SEAMEN WENT TO CAPE LUPETON THEY REPORTED A SEA OF OPEN WATER EXTENDING AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD REACH UNQUOPED THE SUN WAS LOW IN THE HORIZON AS IT WAS STILL THE EARLY SUMMER INDEED WE HAD ALMOST FOUR MONTHS OF DAY AHEAD OF US BEFORE THE FROZEN NIGHT COULD COME ON AGAIN OUR LITTLE FISHING SLOOP SPRANG FORWARD AS IF EAGER AS OURSELVES FOR ADVENTURE WITHIN THIRTY SIX HOURS WE WERE OUT OF SIGHT OF THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE COAST LINE OF FRANZ JOSEPH'S LAND WE SEEMED TO BE IN A STRONG CURRENT RUNNING NORTH BY NORTHEASTAR TO THE RIGHT AND TO THE LEFT OF US WERE ICEBERGS BUT OUR LITTLE SCOOP BORE DOWN ON THE NARROWS AND PASSED THROUGH THE CHANNEL AND OUT INTO OPEN SEAS CHANNELS SO NARROW IN PLACES THAT HAD OUR CRAFT BEEN OTHER THAN SMALL WE NEVER COULD HAVE GOT 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 
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