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The loosening, the fall, and the crash happen almost simultaneously. THE LOOSENING THE FALL AND THE CRASH HAPPEN ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY
." On the 30th, they came to a district which seemed [Illustration: ] to have been upturned by some volcanic convulsion, so covered was it with cones and sharp lofty peaks. A strong breeze from the south-east was blowing, which soon increased to a hurricane, sweeping over the rocks covered with snow and the huge masses, of ice, which took the forms of icebergs and hummocks, though on dry land. The tempest was followed by damp, warm weather, which caused a regular thaw. On all sides nothing could be heard but the noise of cracking ice and falling avalanches. The travellers had to be very careful in avoiding hills, and even in speaking aloud, for the slightest agitation in the air might have caused a catastrophe. Indeed, the suddenness is the peculiar feature in Arctic [Illustration: ] avalanches, distinguishing them from those of Switzerland and Norway. Often the dislodgment of a block of ice is instantaneous, and not even a cannon-ball or thunderbolt could be more rapid in its descent.  KNOWS THE SOUP POT IS SIMMERING BY THE KITCHEN FIRE ON THE THIRTIETH THEY CAME TO A DISTRICT WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN UPTURNED BY SOME VOLCANIC CONVULSION SO COVERED WAS IT WITH CONES AND SHARP LOFTY PEAKS A STRONG BREEZE FROM THE SOUTH EAST WAS BLOWING WHICH SOON INCREASED TO A HURRICANE SWEEPING OVER THE ROCKS COVERED WITH SNOW AND THE HUGE MASSES OF ICE WHICH TOOK THE FORMS OF ICEBERGS AND HUMMOCKS THOUGH ON DRY LAND THE TEMPEST WAS FOLLOWED BY DAMP WARM WEATHER WHICH CAUSED A REGULAR THAW ON ALL SIDES NOTHING COULD BE HEARD BUT THE NOISE OF CRACKING ICE AND FALLING AVALANCHES THE TRAVELLERS HAD TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN AVOIDING HILLS AND EVEN IN SPEAKING ALOUD FOR THE SLIGHTEST AGITATION IN THE AIR MIGHT HAVE CAUSED A CATASTROPHE INDEED THE SUDDENNESS IS THE PECULIAR FEATURE IN ARCTIC AVALANCHES DISTINGUISHING THEM FROM THOSE OF SWITZERLAND AND NORWAY OFTEN THE DISLODGMENT OF A BLOCK OF ICE IS INSTANTANEOUS AND NOT EVEN A CANNON BALL OR THUNDERBOLT COULD BE MORE RAPID IN ITS DESCENT
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