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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.") 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
on the coast line of Franz Josef Land. We seemed to be in a strong current running north by northeast. Far to the right and to the left of us were icebergs, but our little sloop bore down on the narrows and passed through channels and out into open seas--channels so narrow in places that, had our craft been other than small, we never could have gotten through. On the third day we came to an island. Its shores were washed by an open sea. My father determined to land and explore for a day. This new land was destitute of timber, but we found a large accumulation of drift-wood on the northern shore. Some of the trunks of the trees were forty feet long and two feet in diameter.(7) (7 Greely tells us in vol. 1, page 100, that: "Privates Connell and Frederick found a large coniferous tree on the beach, just above the extreme high-water mark. It was nearly thirty inches in circumference, some thirty feet long, and had apparently been carried to that point by a current within a couple of years. THE COAST LINE OF FRANZ JOSEPH'S LAND WE SEEMED TO BE IN A STRONG CURRENT RUNNING NORTH BY NORTHEASTAR TO THE RIGHT AND TO THE LEFT OF US WERE ICEBERGS BUT OUR LITTLE SCOOP BORE DOWN ON THE NARROWS AND PASSED THROUGH THE CHANNEL AND OUT INTO OPEN SEAS CHANNELS SO NARROW IN PLACES THAT HAD OUR CRAFT BEEN OTHER THAN SMALL WE NEVER COULD HAVE GOT THROUGH ON THE THIRD DAY WE CAME TO AN ISLAND ITS SHORES WERE WASHED BY AN OPEN SEA MY FATHER DETERMINED TO LAND AND EXPLORE FOR A DAY THIS NEW LAND WAS DESTITUTE OF TIMBER BUT WE FOUND A LARGE ACCUMULATION OF DRIFTWOOD ON THE NORTHERN SHORE SOME OF THE CHUNKS OF THE TREES WERE FORTY FEET LONG AND TWO FEET IN DIAMETER NOTE SEVEN GREELEY TELLS US IN VOLUME ONE PAGE ONE HUNDRED THAT QUOTE PIRATES CANAL AND FREDERICK FOUND A LARGE CONIFEROUS TREE ON THE BEACH JUST ABOVE THE EXTREME HIGH WATER MARK IT WAS NEARLY THIRTY INCHES IN CIRCUMFERENCE AND SOME THIRTY FEET LONG AND HAD APPARENTLY BEEN CARRIED TO THAT POINT BY A CURRENT WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS
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