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Each man sat silent, absorbed in his own thoughts, wondering what sort of place this Pole must be. The birds seemed to shun it, for though it was evening, they were all flying towards the south with outspread wings. Was it, then, so inhospitable, that not so much as a sea gull or a ptarmigan could find a shelter? EACH MAN SAT SILENT ABSORBED IN HIS OWN THOUGHTS WONDERING WHAT SORT OF PLACE THIS POLE MUST BE THE BIRD SEEMED TO SHUN IT FOR THOUGH IT WAS EVENING THEY WERE ALL FLYING TOWARD THE SOUTH WITH OUTSPREAD WINGS THAT NOT SO MUCH AS A SEA GULL OR PTARMIGAN COULD FIND A SHELTER
nt. [Illustration: "It is a volcano!" he exclaimed.--P.217] "It is a volcano!" he exclaimed. "A volcano?" repeated Altamont. "Undoubtedly." [Illustration: ] "In so high a latitude?" "Why not? Is not Iceland a volcanic island--indeed, almost made of volcanoes, one might say?" "Well, has not our famous countryman, James Ross, affirmed the existence of two active volcanoes, the Erebus and the Terror, on the Southern Continent, in longitude 170° and latitude 78°? Why, then, should not volcanoes be found near the North Pole?" "It is possible, certainly," replied Altamont. "Ah, now I see it distinctly," exclaimed the Doctor." It is a volcano!" "Let us make right for it then," said Hatteras. [Illustration: ] It was impossible longer to doubt the proximity of the coast. In twenty-four hours, probably, the bold navigators might hope to set foot on its untrodden soil. But strange as it was, now that they were so near the goal of their voyage, no one showed the joy which might have been expected. ANISHED AND WHEN IT RETURNED AGAIN THE DOCTOR FANCIED HE CAUGHT A GLEAM OF LIGHT ABOUT THE SMOKE FOR AN INSTANT IT'S A VOLCANO HE EXCLAIMED A VOLCANO REPEATED ALTAMONT UNDOUBTEDLY IN SO HIGH A LATITUDE WHY NOT IS NOT ICELAND A VOLCANIC ISLAND INDEED ALMOST MADE OF VOLCANOES ONE MIGHT SAY WELL HAS NOT OUR FAMOUS COUNTRYMAN JAMES ROSS AFFIRMED THE EXISTENCE OF TWO ACTIVE VOLCANOES THE EREBUS AND THE TERRA ON THE SOUTHERN CONTINENT IN LONGITUDE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY DEGREES AND LATITUDE SEVENTY EIGHT DEGREES WHY THEN SHOULD NOT VOLCANOES BE FOUND NEAR THE NORTH POLE IT IS POSSIBLE CERTAINLY REPLIED ALTAMONT AH NOW I SEE IT DISTINCTLY EXCLAIMED THE DOCTOR IT IS A VOLCANO LET US MAKE RIGHT FOR IT THEN SAID HATTERAS IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE LONGER TO DOUBT THE PROXIMITY OF THE COAST IN TWENTY FOUR HOURS PROBABLY THE BOLD NAVIGATORS MIGHT HOPE TO SET FOOT ON ITS UNTRODDEN SOIL BUT STRANGE AS IT WAS NOW THAT THEY WERE SO NEAR THE GOAL OF THEIR VOYAGE NO ONE SHOWED THE JOY WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED
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