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Thus, for more than two hours, the contest of the icy giants continued. It seemed as if the end had come. THUS FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS THE CONTEST OF THE ICY GIANTS CONTINUED IT SEEMS AS IF THE END HAD COME
ons 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. 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. Blocks of ice larger than a house were frequently lifted up a hundred feet by the mighty force of lateral pressure; they would shudder and rock to and fro for a few seconds, then come crashing down with a deafening roar, and disappear in the foaming waters. UTUAL 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 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 BLOCKS OF ICE LARGER THAN A HOUSE WERE FREQUENTLY LIFTED UP A HUNDRED FEET BY THE MIGHTY FORCE OF LATERAL PRESSURE THEY WOULD SHUDDER AND ROCK TO AND FRO FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN COME CRASHING DOWN WITH A DEAFENING ROAR AND DISAPPEAR IN THE FOAMING WATERS
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