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"It is my turn to night," said Bell. "Well, pray keep up a good fire, for it is a perishing night." IT IS MY TURN TO NIGHT SAID BELL WELL PRAY KEEP UP A GOOD FIRE FOR IT IS A PERISHING NIGHT
id Hatteras, "it was the unusual severity of the winter that barred our progress, for it came on just at the worst time possible." "You were stopped, you say?" asked Altamont, looking fixedly at the captain. "Yes, in our voyage west," the Doctor hastened to reply. "Then the maximum and minimum temperatures," said Altamont, resuming the conversation, "are about 200° apart. So you see, my friends, we may make ourselves easy." "But if the sun were suddenly extinguished," suggested Johnson, "would not the earth's temperature be far lower?" "There is no fear of such a catastrophe; but, even should it happen, the temperature would be scarcely any different." [Illustration: ] "That's curious." "It is; but Fourrier, a learned Frenchman, has proved the fact incontestably. If it were not the case, the difference between day and night would be far greater, as also the degree of cold at the Poles. But now I think, friends, we should be the better of a few hours' sleep. Who has charge of the stove? RT FELIX AND SEVENTY DEGREES AT FORT RELIANCE YES SAID HATTERAS IT WAS THE UNUSUAL SEVERITY OF THE WINTER THAT BARRED OUR PROGRESS FOR IT CAME ON AT JUST THE WORST TIME POSSIBLE YOU WERE STOPPED YOU SAY ASKED ALTAMONT LOOKING FIXEDLY AT THE CAPTAIN YES AND OUR VOYAGE WEST THE DOCTOR HASTENED TO REPLY THEN THE MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SAID ALTAMONT RESUMING THE CONVERSATION ARE ABOUT TWO HUNDRED DEGREES APART SO YOU SEE MY FRIENDS WE MAY MAKE OURSELVES EASY BUT IF THE SUN WERE SUDDENLY EXTINGUISHED SUGGESTED JOHNSON WOULD NOT THE EARTH'S TEMPERATURE BE FAR LOWER THERE IS NO FEAR OF SUCH A CATASTROPHE BUT EVEN IF IT SHOULD HAPPEN THE TEMPERATURE WOULD SCARCELY BE ANY DIFFERENT THAT'S CURIOUS IT IS BUT FOURIER A LEARNED FRENCHMAN HAS PROVED THE FACT INCONTESTABLY IF IT WERE NOT THE CASE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DAY AND NIGHT WOULD BE FAR GREATER AS ALSO THE DEGREE OF COLD AT THE POLES BUT NOW I THINK FRIENDS WE SHOULD BE THE BETTER OF A FEW HOURS OF SLEEP WHO HAS CHARGE OF THE STOVE
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