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One day as I was lazily looking over the sloop's side into the clear waters, my father shouted: "Breakers ahead!" ONE DAY AS I WAS LAZILY LOOKING OVER THE SLOOP'S SIDE INTO THE CLEAR WATERS MY FATHER SHOUTED BREAKERS AHEAD
o scud our fishing sloop through open channels of the frozen zone which surrounds the polar regions. We were soon amid the ice-packs, and how our little craft got through. the narrow channels and escaped being crushed I know not. The compass behaved in the same drunken and unreliable fashion in passing over the southern curve or edge of the earth's shell as it had done on our inbound trip at the northern entrance. It gyrated, dipped and seemed like a thing possessed.(23) (23 Captain Sabine, on page 105 in "Voyages in the Arctic Regions," says: "The geographical determination of the direction and intensity of the magnetic forces at different points of the earth's surface has been regarded as an object worthy of especial research. To examine in different parts of the globe, the declination, inclination and intensity of the magnetic force, and their periodical and secular variations, and mutual relations and dependencies could be duly investigated only in fixed magnetical observatories.") UGH OPEN CHANNELS OF THE FROZEN ZONE WHICH SURROUNDS THE POLAR REGION WE WERE SOON AMID THE ICE PACKS AND HOW OUR LITTLE CRAFT GOT THROUGH THE NARROW CHANNELS AND ESCAPED BEING CRUSHED I KNOW NOT THE COMPASS BEHAVED IN THE SAME DRUNKEN AND UNREALLIABLE FASHION IN PASSING OVER THE SOUTHERN CURVE OR EDGE OF THE EARTH'S SHELL AS IT HAD DONE ON OUR INBOUND TRIP AT THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE IT GYRATED DIPPED AND SEEMED LIKE A THING POSSESSED NOTE TWENTY THREE CAPTAIN SABINE ON PAGE TWENTY FIVE IN QUOTE VOYAGES IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS UNQUOTE SAYS QUOTE THE GEOGRAPHICAL DETERMINATION OF THE DIRECTION AND INTENSITY OF THE MAGNETIC FORCES AT DIFFERENT POINTS OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE HAS BEEN REGARDED AS AN OBJECT WORTHY OF A SPECIAL RESEARCH TO EXAMINE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE GLOBE THE DECLINATION INCLINATION AND INTENSITY OF THE MAGNETIC FORCE AND THEIR PERIODICAL AND SECULAR VARIATIONS AND MUTUAL RELATIONS AND DEPENDENCIES COULD BE DULY INVESTIGATED ONLY IN FIXED MAGNETICAL OBSERVATORIES UNQUOTHED
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