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Water fowl of every description were among them, from the albatross to the penguin, and all of gigantic proportions. WATERFOWL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION WERE AMONG THEM FROM THE ALBATROSS TO THE PENGUIN AND ALL OF GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS
as none the worse for the sledge journey. She was in first-rate trim, and easily managed. Johnson steered, the Doctor, Bell, and the American leaned back against the cargo, and Hatteras stood at the prow, his fixed, eager gaze bent steadily on that mysterious point towards which he felt drawn with irresistible power, like the magnetic needle to the Pole. He wished to be the first to descry any shore that might come in sight, and he had every right to the honour. The water of this Polar Sea presented some peculiar features worth mentioning. In colour it was a faint ultramarine blue, and possessed such wonderful transparency that one seemed to gaze down into fathomless depths. These depths were lighted up, no doubt, by some electrical phenomenon, and so many varieties of living creatures were visible that the vessel seemed to be sailing over a vast aquarium. Innumerable flocks of birds were flying over the surface of this marvellous ocean, darkening the sky like thick heavy storm-clouds. IVELY WARM THE SLOOP WAS NONE THE WORSE FOR THE SLEDGE JOURNEY SHE WAS IN FIRST RATE TRIM AND EASILY MANAGED JOHNSON STEERED THE DOCTOR BELL AND THE AMERICAN LEANED BACK AGAINST THE CARGO AND HATTERAS STOOD AT THE PROW HIS FIXED EAGER GAZE BENT STEADILY ON THAT MYSTERIOUS POINT TOWARDS WHICH HE FELT DRAWN WITH IRRESISTIBLE POWER LIKE THE MAGNETIC NEEDLE TO THE POLE HE WISHED TO BE THE FIRST TO DESCRY ANY SHORE THAT MIGHT COME IN SIGHT AND HE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO THE HONOUR THE WATER OF THIS POLAR SEA PRESENTED SOME PECULIAR FEATURES WORTH MENTIONING IN COLOUR IT WAS A FAINT ULTRAMARINE BLUE AND POSSESSED SUCH WONDERFUL TRANSPARENCY THAT ONE SEEMED TO GAZE DOWN INTO FATHOMLESS DEPTHS THESE DEPTHS WERE LIGHTED UP NO DOUBT BY SOME ELECTRICAL PHENOMENON AND SO MANY VARIETIES OF LIVING CREATURES WERE VISIBLE THAT THE VESSEL SEEMED TO BE SAILING OVER A VAST AQUARIUM INNUMERABLE FLOCKS OF BIRDS WERE FLYING OVER THE SURFACE OF THIS MARVELLOUS OCEAN DARKENING THE SKY LIKE THICK HEAVY STORM CLOUDS
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