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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. AR 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
ountenance as he turned toward me and asked: "My son, are you willing to go with me and explore--to go far beyond where man has ever ventured?" I answered affirmatively. "Very well," he replied. "May the god Odin protect us!" and, quickly adjusting the sails, he glanced at our compass, turned the prow in due northerly direction through an open channel, and our voyage had begun.(6) (6 Hall 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. ANCE AS HE TURNED TOWARD ME AND ASKED MY SON ARE YOU WILLING TO GO WITH ME AND EXPLORE TO GO FAR BEYOND WHERE MAN HAS EVER VENTURED I ANSWERED AFFIRMATIVELY VERY WELL HE REPLIED MAY THE GOD ODIN PROTECT US AND QUICKLY ADJUSTING THE SAILS HE GLANCED AT OUR COMPASS TURN THE PROW AND DUE NORTHERLY DIRECTION THROUGH AN OPEN CHANNEL AND OUR VOYAGE HAD BEGUN NOTE SIX HALL WRITES ON PAGE 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 NORTHEAST
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