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The men were bathed in light, and their faces shone with a fiery glow. "The volcano!" exclaimed Hatteras. "Is it possible?" said Bell. "No, no!" THE MEN WERE BATHED IN LIGHT AND THEIR FACES SHONE WITH A FIERY GLOW THE VOLCANO EXCLAIMED HATTERAS IS IT POSSIBLE SAID BELL NO NO
ed out the water which was constantly dashing over the ship. It was a difficult matter to preserve the right course, for the thick fog made it impossible to see more than a few yards off. This sudden tempest might well seem to such excited men, a stern prohibition against further approach to the Pole; but it needed but a glance at their resolute faces to know that they would neither yield to winds nor waves, but go right on to the end. [Illustration: ] For a whole day the struggle lasted, death threatening them each moment; but about six in the evening, just as the fury of the waves seemed at its highest pitch, there came a sudden calm. The wind was stilled as if miraculously, and the sea became smooth as glass. Then came a most extraordinary inexplicable phenomenon. The fog, without dispersing, became strangely luminous, and the sloop sailed along in a zone of electric light. Mast, sail, and rigging appeared pencilled in black against the phosphorescent sky with wondrous distinctness. OLD OF IT WHILE JOHNSON AND BELL BALED OUT THE WATER WHICH WAS CONSTANTLY DASHING OVER THE SHIP IT WAS A DIFFICULT MATTER TO PRESERVE THE RIGHT COURSE FOR THE THICK FOG MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE MORE THAN JUST A FEW YARDS OFF THIS SUDDEN TEMPEST MIGHT WELL SEEM TO SUCH EXCITED MEN A STERN PROHIBITION AGAINST FURTHER APPROACH TO THE POLE BUT IT NEEDED BUT A GLANCE AT THEIR RESOLUTE FACES TO KNOW THAT THEY WOULD NEITHER YIELD TO WINDS NOR WAVES BUT GO RIGHT ON TO THE END FOR A WHOLE DAY THE STRUGGLE LASTED DEATH THREATENING THEM EACH MOMENT BUT ABOUT SIX IN THE EVENING JUST AS THE FURY OF THE WAVE SEEMED AT ITS HIGHEST PITCH THERE CAME A SUDDEN CALM THE WIND WAS STILLED AS IF MIRACULOUSLY AND THE SEA BECAME SMOOTH AS GLASS THEN CAME A MOST EXTRAORDINARY INEXPLICABLE PHENOMENON THE FOG WITHOUT DISPERSING BECAME STRANGELY LUMINOUS AND THE SLOOP SAILED ALONG IN A ZONE OF ELECTRIC LIGHT MAST SAIL AND RIGGING APPEARED PENCILED IN BLACK AGAINST THE PHOSPHORESCENT SKY WITH WONDROUS DISTINCTNESS
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