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They were like two gods of war contending for supremacy. We were greatly alarmed. Indeed, we were between the lines of a battle royal; the sonorous thunder of the grinding ice was like the continued volleys of artillery. THEY WERE LIKE TWO GODS OF WAR CONTENDING FOR SUPREMACY WE WERE GREATLY ALARMED INDEED WE WERE BETWEEN THE LINES OF A BATTLE ROYAL THE SONOROUS THUNDER OF THIS GRINDING ICE WAS LIKE THE CONTINUED VOLLEYS OF ARTILLERY
pped 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. To examine in different parts of the globe, the declination, inclination and intensity of the magnetic force, and their periodical and secular variations, and mutual relations and dependencies could be duly investigated only in fixed magnetical observatories.") One day as I was lazily looking over the sloop's side into the clear waters, my father shouted: "Breakers ahead!" Looking up, I saw through a lifting mist a white object that towered several hundred feet high, completely shutting off our advance. We lowered sail immediately, and none too soon. In a moment we found ourselves wedged between two monstrous icebergs. Each was crowding and grinding against its fellow mountain of ice. 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 TO EXAMINE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE GLOBE THE DECLINATION INCLINATION AND INTENSITY OF THE MAGNETIC FORCE AND THEIR PERIODICAL AND SECULAR VARIATIONS AND MUTUAL RELATIONS AND DEPENDENCIES COULD BE DULY INVESTIGATED ONLY IN FIXED MAGNETICAL OBSERVATORIES UNQUOTHED ONE DAY AS I WAS LAZILY LOOKING OVER THE SLOOP'S SIDE INTO THE CLEAR WATERS MY FATHER SHOUTED BREAKERS AHEAD LOOKING UP I SAW THROUGH A LIFTING MIST A WHITE OBJECT THAT TOWERED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET HIGH COMPLETELY SHUTTING OFF OUR ADVANCE WE LOWERED SAIL IMMEDIATELY AND NONE TOO SOON IN A MOMENT WE FOUND OURSELVES WEDGED BETWEEN TWO MONSTROUS ICEBERGS EACH WAS CROWDLING AND GRINDING AGAINST ITS FELLOW MOUNTAIN OF ICE
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