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At last the iceberg lost ground, and got driven by the wind further and further away till it disappeared in the fog, only at intervals betraying its presence by the ominous growls of its equipage. AT LAST THE ICEBERG LOST GROUND AND GOT DRIVEN BY THE WIND FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY TILL IT DISAPPEARED IN THE FOG ONLY AT INTERVALS BETRAYING ITS PRESENCE BY THE OMINOUS GROWLS OF ITS EQUIPA
s stood with dishevelled hair, grasping the helm as if welded to his hand, he seemed the animating soul of the ship. All at once, a fearful sight met his gaze. Scarcely twenty yards in front was a great block of ice coming right towards them, mounting and falling on the stormy billows, ready to overturn at any moment and crush them in its descent. But this was not the only danger that threatened the bold navigators. The iceberg was packed with white bears, huddling close together, and evidently beside themselves with terror. The iceberg made frightful lurches, sometimes inclining at such a sharp angle that the animals rolled pell-mell over each other and set up a loud growling, which mingled with the roar of the elements and made a terrible concert. For a quarter of an hour, which seemed a whole century, the sloop sailed on in this formidable company, sometimes a few yards distant and sometimes near enough to touch. The Greenland dogs trembled for fear, but Duk was quite imperturbable. TO THE HELM AS HATTERAS STOOD WITH DISHEVELLED HAIR GRASPING THE HELM AS IF WELDED TO HIS HAND HE SEEMED THE ANIMATING SOUL OF THE SHIP ALL AT ONCE A FEARFUL SIGHT MET HIS GAZE SCARCELY TWENTY YARDS IN FRONT WAS A GREAT BLOCK OF ICE COMING RIGHT TOWARDS THEM MOUNTING AND FALLING ON THE STORMY BILLOWS READY TO OVERTURN AT ANY MOMENT AND CRUSH THEM IN ITS DESCENT BUT THIS WAS NOT THE ONLY DANGER THAT THREATENED THE BOLD NAVIGATORS THE ICEBERG WAS PACKED WITH WHITE BEARS HUDDLING CLOSE TOGETHER AND EVIDENTLY BESIDE THEMSELVES WITH TERROR THE ICEBERG MADE FRIGHTFUL LURCHES SOMETIMES INCLINING AT SUCH A SHARP ANGLE THAT THE ANIMALS ROLLED PELL MELL OVER EACH OTHER AND SET UP A LOUD GROWLING WHICH MINGLED WITH THE ROAR OF THE ELEMENTS AND MADE A TERRIBLE CONCERT FOR QUARTER OF AN HOUR WHICH SEEMED A WHOLE CENTURY THE SLOOP SAILED ON IN THIS FORMIDABLE COMPANY SOMETIMES A FEW YARDS DISTANT AND SOMETIMES NEAR ENOUGH TO TOUCH THE GREENLAND DOGS TREMBLED FOR FEAR BUT DUKE WAS QUITE IMPERTURBABLE
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