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Active mentality had dulled the demands of the physical needs. Instead of the cold being intense as we had anticipated, it was really warmer and more pleasant than it had been while in Hammerfest on the north coast of Norway, some six weeks before. ACTIVE MENTALITY HAD DULLED THE DEMANDS OF THE PHYSICAL NEEDS INSTEAD OF THE COLD AND TENSE AS WE HAD ANTICIPATED IT WAS REALLY WARMER AND MORE PLEASANT THAN IT HAD BEEN WHILE IN AMERFUST ON THE NORTH COAST OF NORWAY SOME SIX WEEKS BEFORE
erence, some thirty feet long, and had apparently been carried to that point by a current within a couple of years. A portion of it was cut up for fire-wood, and for the first time in that valley, a bright, cheery camp-fire gave comfort to man.") After one day's exploration of the coast line of this island, we lifted anchor and turned our prow to the north in an open sea.(8) (8 Dr. Kane says, on page 379 of his works: "I cannot imagine what becomes of the ice. A strong current sets in constantly to the north; but, from altitudes of more than five hundred feet, I saw only narrow strips of ice, with great spaces of open water, from ten to fifteen miles in breadth, between them. It must, therefore, either go to an open space in the north, or dissolve.") I remember that neither my father nor myself had tasted food for almost thirty hours. Perhaps this was because of the tension of excitement about our strange voyage in waters farther north, my father said, than anyone had ever before been. TY FEET LONG AND HAD APPARENTLY BEEN CARRIED TO THAT POINT BY A CURRENT WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS A PORTION OF IT WAS CUT UP WITH FIREWOOD AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THAT VALLEY A BRIGHT CHEERY CAMP FIRE GAVE COMFORT TO MAN UNCOILED AFTER ONE DAY'S EXPLORATION OF THE COAST LINE OF THIS ISLAND WE LIFTED ANCHOR AND TURNED OUR PROW TO THE NORTH IN AN OPEN SEA NOTE EIGHT DOCTOR KANE SAYS ON PAGE THREE SEVENTY NINE OF HIS WORKS QUOTE I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT BECOMES OF THE ICE OUR STRONG CURRENT SITS CONSTANTLY TO THE NORTH BUT FROM ALTITUDES OF MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED FEET I SAW ONLY NARROW STRIPS OF ICE WITH GREAT SPACES OF OPEN WATER FROM TEN TO FIFTEEN MILES IN BREADTH BETWEEN THEM IT MUST THEREFORE EITHER GO TO AN OPEN SPACE IN THE NORTH OR DISSOLVE ON BOARD I REMEMBER THAT NEITHER MY FATHER NOR MYSELF HAD TASTED FOOD FOR ALMOST THIRTY HOURS PERHAPS THIS WAS BECAUSE OF THE TENSION OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT OUR STRANGE VOYAGE AND WATERS FARTHER NORTH MY FATHER SAID THAT ANY ONE HAD EVER BEFORE BEEN
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