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And remarkably enough, its northern extremity pointed to the east.'" We again find in Peary's first voyage  page 67,  the following: "It had been observed that from the moment they had entered Lancaster Sound, the motion of the compass needle was very sluggish, and both this and its deviation increased as they progressed to the westward, and continued to do so in descending this inlet. AND REMARKABLY ENOUGH ITS NORTHERN EXTREMITY POINTED TO THE EAST UNQUOTE WE AGAIN FIND IN PERIE'S FIRST VOYAGE PAGE SIXTY SEVEN THE FOLLOWING QUOTE IT HAD BEEN OBSERVED THAT FROM THE MOMENT THEY HAD ENTERED LANCASTER SOUND THE MOTION OF THE COMPASS NEEDLE WAS VERY SLUGGISH AND BOTH THIS AND ITS DEVIATION INCREASED AS THEY PROGRESSED TO THE WESTWARD AND CONTINUED TO DO SO IN DESCENDING THE SUNLET
s, we found the northern point pressing hard against the glass. In response to my surprise, my father said, "I have heard of this before; it is what they call the dipping of the needle." We loosened the compass and turned it at right angles with the surface of the sea before its point would free itself from the glass and point according to unmolested attraction. It shifted uneasily, and seemed as unsteady as a drunken man, but finally pointed a course. Before this we thought the wind was carrying us north by northwest, but, with the needle free, we discovered, if it could be relied upon, that we were sailing slightly north by northeast. Our course, however, was ever tending northward.(12) (12 In volume II, pages 18 and 19, Nansen writes about the inclination of the needle. Speaking of Johnson, his aide: "One day--it was November 24--he came in to supper a little after six o'clock, quite alarmed, and said: 'There has just been a singular inclination of the needle in twenty-four degrees. UND THE NORTHERN POINT PRESSING HOT AGAINST THE GLASS IN RESPONSE TO MY SURPRISE MY FATHER SAID I HAD HEARD OF THIS BEFORE IT IS WHAT THEY CALL THE DIPPING OF THE NEEDLE UNQUOTE WE LOOSENED THE COMPASS AND TURNED IT AT RIGHT ANGLES WITH THE SURFACE OF THE SEA BEFORE ITS POINT WOULD FREE ITSELF FROM THE GLASS AND POINT ACCORDING TO UNMOLESTED ATTRACTION IT SHIFTED UNEASILY AND SEEMED AS UNSTEADY AS A DRUNKEN MAN BUT FINALLY POINTED OF COURSE BEFORE THIS WE THOUGHT THE WIND WAS CARRYING US NORTH BY NORTH WEST BUT WITH THE NEEDLE FREE WE DISCOVERED IF IT COULD BE RELIED UPON THAT WE WERE SAILING SLIGHTLY NORTH BY NORTHEAST OUR COURSE HOWEVER WAS EVER TENDING NORTHWARD NOTE TWELVE IN VOLUME TWO PAGES EIGHTEEN AND NINETEEN NANSON WRITES ABOUT THE INCLINATION OF THE NEEDLE SPEAKING OF JOHNSON HIS AID QUOTE ONE DAY IT WAS NOVEMBER TWENTY FOURTH HE CAME IN TO SUPPER A LITTLE AFTER SIX O'CLOCK QUITE ALARMED AND SAID THERE HAS JUST BEEN A SINGULAR INCLINATION OF THE NEEDLE IN TWENTY FOUR DEGREES
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