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Increasing interest is manifested in the mountainous icebergs, and marvelous speculations are indulged in concerning the earth's center of gravity, the cradle of the tides, where the whales have their nurseries, where the magnetic needle goes mad, where the Aurora Borealis illumines the night, and where brave and courageous spirits of every generation dare to venture and explore, defying the dangers of the "Farthest North." INCREASING INTEREST IS MANIFESTED IN THE MOUNTAINOUS ICEBERGS AND MARVELOUS SPECULATIONS ARE INDULGED IN CONCERNING THE EARTH'S CENTRE OF GRAVITY THE CRADLE OF THE TIDES WHERE THE WELLS HAVE THEIR NURSERIES WHERE THE MAGNETIC NEEDLE GOES MAD WHERE THE AURORA BOREALIS ILLUMINATES THE NIGHT AND WHERE BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS SPIRITS OF EVERY GENERATION DARE ADVENTURE AND EXPLORE DEFYING THE DANGERS OF THE FARTHEST NORTH
s, as related, are without a parallel in all the world's history, passed away, and I was left alone with the dead. And now, after having paid the last sad rites to this strange man from the Lofoden Islands, and the still farther "Northward Ho!", the courageous explorer of frozen regions, who in his declining years (after he had passed the four-score mark) had sought an asylum of restful peace in sun-favored California, I will undertake to make public his story. But, first of all, let me indulge in one or two reflections: Generation follows generation, and the traditions from the misty past are handed down from sire to son, but for some strange reason interest in the ice-locked unknown does not abate with the receding years, either in the minds of the ignorant or the tutored. With each new generation a restless impulse stirs the hearts of men to capture the veiled citadel of the Arctic, the circle of silence, the land of glaciers, cold wastes of waters and winds that are strangely warm. ND TRAVELS AS RELATED ARE WITHOUT A PARALLEL IN ALL THE WORLD'S HISTORY PASSED AWAY WHEN I WAS LEFT ALONE WITH THE DEAD AND NOW AFTER HAVING PAID THE LAST SAD RIGHTS TO THIS STRANGE MAN FROM THE LAFADEN ISLANDS AND THE STILL FARTHER NORTHWARD HULL GUDENCOURT THE COURAGEOUS EXPLORER OF FROZEN REGIONS WHO IN HIS DECLINING YEARS AFTER HE HAD PASSED THE FOURSCORE MARK HAD SOUGHT AN ASYLUM OF RESTFUL PEACE IN SOME FAVORED CALIFORNIA I WILL UNDERTAKE TO MAKE PUBLIC HIS STORY BUT FIRST OF ALL LET ME INDULGE IN ONE OR TWO REFLECTIONS GENERATION FOLLOWS GENERATION AND THE TRADITIONS FROM THE MISTY PAST ARE HANDED DOWN FROM SIDE TO SON BUT FOR SOME STRANGE REASON INTEREST IN THE ICE LOCKED UNKNOWN DOES NOT ABATE WITH THE RECEDING YEARS EITHER IN THE MINDS OF THE IGNORANT OR THE TUDORED WITH EACH NEW GENERATION A RESTLESS IMPULSE STIRS THE HEARTS OF MEN TO CAPTURE THE VEILED CITADEL OF THE ARCTIC THE CIRCLE OF SILENCE THE LAND OF THE GLACIERS COLD WASTES OF WATER AND WINDS THAT ARE STRANGELY WARM
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