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It gyrated, dipped and seemed like a thing possessed.(23) (23 Captain Sabine, on page 105 in "Voyages in the Arctic Regions," says: "The geographical determination of the direction and intensity of the magnetic forces at different points of the earth's surface has been regarded as an object worthy of especial research. IT GYRATED DIPPED AND SEEMED LIKE A THING POSSESSED NOTE TWENTY THREE CAPTAIN SABINE ON PAGE TWENTY FIVE IN QUOTE VOYAGES IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS UNQUOTE SAYS QUOTE THE GEOGRAPHICAL DETERMINATION OF THE DIRECTION AND INTENSITY OF THE MAGNETIC FORCES AT DIFFERENT POINTS OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE HAS BEEN REGARDED AS AN OBJECT WORTHY OF A SPECIAL RESEARCH
 our little craft, driven by wind that was continuous and persistent, shot through the waters like an arrow. Indeed, had we encountered a hidden rock or obstacle, our little vessel would have been crushed into kindling-wood. At last we were conscious that the atmosphere was growing decidedly colder, and, a few days later, icebergs were sighted far to the left. My father argued, and correctly, that the winds which filled our sails came from the warm climate "within." The time of the year was certainly most auspicious for us to make our dash for the "outside" world and attempt to scud our fishing sloop through open channels of the frozen zone which surrounds the polar regions. We were soon amid the ice-packs, and how our little craft got through. the narrow channels and escaped being crushed I know not. The compass behaved in the same drunken and unreliable fashion in passing over the southern curve or edge of the earth's shell as it had done on our inbound trip at the northern entrance.  THERE WERE TIMES WHEN OUR LITTLE CRAFT DRIVEN BY WIND AND WAS CONTINUOUS AND PERSISTENT SHOT THROUGH THE WATERS LIKE AN ARROW INDEED HAD WE ENCOUNTERED A HIDDEN ROCK OR OBSTACLE OUR LITTLE VESSEL WOULD HAVE BEEN CRUSHED INTO KINDLING WOOD AT LAST WE WERE CONSCIOUS THAT THE ATMOSPHERE WAS GROWING DECIDEDLY COLDER AND A FEW DAYS LATER ICEBERGS WERE SIGHTED FAR TO THE LEFT MY FATHER ARGUED AND CORRECTLY THAT THE WINDS WHICH FILLED OUR SAILS CAME FROM THE WARM CLIMATE WITHIN THE TIME OF THE YEAR WAS CERTAINLY MOST AUSPICIOUS FOR US TO MAKE OUR DASH FOR THE OUTSIDE WORLD AND ATTEMPT TO SCUD OUR FISHING SLOPE THROUGH OPEN CHANNELS OF THE FROZEN ZONE WHICH SURROUNDS THE POLAR REGION WE WERE SOON AMID THE ICE PACKS AND HOW OUR LITTLE CRAFT GOT THROUGH THE NARROW CHANNELS AND ESCAPED BEING CRUSHED I KNOW NOT THE COMPASS BEHAVED IN THE SAME DRUNKEN AND UNREALLIABLE FASHION IN PASSING OVER THE SOUTHERN CURVE OR EDGE OF THE EARTH'S SHELL AS IT HAD DONE ON OUR INBOUND TRIP AT THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE
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