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Further progress was impossible, for the sea was frozen in every direction, and the thermometer was only 15° above zero. Altamont made a reckoning with scrupulous precision, and found they were in 77°15' latitude, and 85° 2' longitude. "This is our exact position then," said the Doctor. "We are in South Lincoln, just at Cape Eden, and are entering Jones' Sound. With a little more good luck, we should have found open water right to Baffin's Bay. FURTHER PROGRESS WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE SEA WAS FROZEN IN EVERY DIRECTION AND THE THERMOMETER WAS ONLY FIFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE ZERO ALTAMONT MADE A RECKONING WITH SCRUPULOUS PRECISION AND FOUND THERE WERE IN SEVENTY SEVEN DEGREES FIFTEEN MINUTES LATITUDE AND EIGHTY FIVE DEGREES TWO MINUTES LONGITUDE THIS IS OUR EXACT POSITION THEN SAID THE DOCTOR WE ARE IN SOUTH LINCOLN JUST AT CAPE EDEN AND ARE ENTERING JONES SOUND WITH A LITTLE MORE GOOD LUCK WE SHOULD HAVE FOUND OPEN WATER RIGHT TO BAFFIN'S BAY
or autumn; winter follows close on the heels of summer. On the 31st the first stars glimmered overhead, and from that time forwards there was continual fog, which considerably impeded navigation. The Doctor became very uneasy at these multiplied indications of approaching winter. He knew the difficulties Sir John Ross had to contend with after he left his ship to try and reach Baffin's Bay, and how, after all, he was compelled to return and pass a fourth winter on board. It was bad enough with shelter and food and fuel, but if any such calamity befell the survivors of the Forward, if they were obliged to stop or return, they were lost. [Illustration: ] The Doctor said nothing of his anxieties to his companions, but only urged them to get as far east as possible. At last, after thirty days' tolerably quick sailing, and after battling for forty-eight hours against the increasing drift ice, and risking the frail sloop a hundred times, the navigators saw themselves blocked in on all sides. DES THERE IS NEITHER SPRING NOR AUTUMN WINTER FOLLOWS CLOSE ON THE HEELS OF SUMMER ON THE THIRTY FIRST THE FIRST STARS GLIMMERED OVERHEAD AND FROM THAT TIME FORWARDS THERE WAS CONTINUAL FOG WHICH CONSIDERABLY IMPEDED NAVIGATION THE DOCTOR BECAME VERY UNEASY AT THESE MULTIPLIED INDICATIONS OF APPROACHING WINTER HE KNEW THE DIFFICULTIES SIR JOHN ROSS HAD TO CONTEND WITH AFTER HE LEFT HIS SHIP TO TRY AND REACH BAFFIN'S BAY AND HOW AFTER ALL HE WAS COMPELLED TO RETURN AND PASS THE FOURTH WINTER ON BOARD IT WAS BAD ENOUGH WITH SHELTER AND FOOD AND FUEL BUT IF ANY SUCH CALAMITY BEFELL THE SURVIVORS OF THE FORWARD IF THEY WERE OBLIGED TO STOP OR RETURN THEY WERE LOST THE DOCTOR SAID NOTHING OF HIS ANXIETIES TO HIS COMPANIONS BUT ONLY URGED THEM TO GET AS FAR EAST AS POSSIBLE AT LAST AFTER THIRTY DAYS TOLERABLY QUICK SAILING AND AFTER BATTLING FOR FORTY EIGHT HOURS AGAINST THE INCREASING DRIFT ICE AND RISKING THE FRAIL SLOOP A HUNDRED TIMES THE NAVIGATORS SAW THEMSELVES BLOCKED IN ON ALL SIDES
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