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"I suppose, then," said Altamont, "our only course is to leave the sloop, and get by sledge to the east coast of Lincoln." "Yes; but I think we should go through Jones' Sound, and get to South Devon instead of crossing Lincoln." "Why?" I SUPPOSE THEN SAID ALTAMONT OUR ONLY COURSE IS TO LEAVE THE SLOOP AND GET BY SLEDGE TO THE EAST COAST OF LINCOLN YES BUT I THINK WE SHOULD GO THROUGH JONES SOUND AND GET TO SOUTH DEVON INSTEAD OF CROSSING LINCOLN WHY
 of his anxieties to his companions, but only urged them to get as far east as possible. At last, after thirty days' tolerably quick sailing, and after battling for forty-eight hours against the increasing drift ice, and risking the frail sloop a hundred times, the navigators saw themselves blocked in on all sides. Further progress was impossible, for the sea was frozen in every direction, and the thermometer was only 15° above zero. Altamont made a reckoning with scrupulous precision, and found they were in 77°15' latitude, and 85° 2' longitude. "This is our exact position then," said the Doctor. "We are in South Lincoln, just at Cape Eden, and are entering Jones' Sound. With a little more good luck, we should have found open water right to Baffin's Bay. But we must not grumble. If my poor Hatteras had found as navigable a sea at first, he would have soon reached the Pole. His men would not have deserted him, and his brain would not have given way under the pressure of terrible trial. ONLY URGED THEM TO GET AS FAR EAST AS POSSIBLE AT LAST AFTER THIRTY DAYS TOLERABLY QUICK SAILING AND AFTER BATTLING FOR FORTY EIGHT HOURS AGAINST THE INCREASING DRIFT ICE AND RISKING THE FRAIL SLOOP A HUNDRED TIMES THE NAVIGATORS SAW THEMSELVES BLOCKED IN ON ALL SIDES FURTHER PROGRESS WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE SEA WAS FROZEN IN EVERY DIRECTION AND THE THERMOMETER WAS ONLY FIFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE ZERO ALTAMONT MADE A RECKONING WITH SCRUPULOUS PRECISION AND FOUND THERE WERE IN SEVENTY SEVEN DEGREES FIFTEEN MINUTES LATITUDE AND EIGHTY FIVE DEGREES TWO MINUTES LONGITUDE THIS IS OUR EXACT POSITION THEN SAID THE DOCTOR WE ARE IN SOUTH LINCOLN JUST AT CAPE EDEN AND ARE ENTERING JONES SOUND WITH A LITTLE MORE GOOD LUCK WE SHOULD HAVE FOUND OPEN WATER RIGHT TO BAFFIN'S BAY BUT WE MUST NOT GRUMBLE IF MY POOR HATTERAS HAD FOUND AS NAVIGABLE AS SEA AT FIRST HE WOULD HAVE SOON REACHED THE POLE HIS MEN WOULD NOT HAVE DESERTED HIM AND HIS BRAIN WOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN WAY UNDER THE PRESSURE OF TERRIBLE TRIAL
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