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It was bad enough with shelter and food and fuel, but if any such calamity befell the survivors of the Forward, if they were obliged to stop or return, they were lost. [Illustration: ] The Doctor said nothing of his anxieties to his companions, but only urged them to get as far east as possible. IT WAS BAD ENOUGH WITH SHELTER AND FOOD AND FUEL BUT IF ANY SUCH CALAMITY BEFELL THE SURVIVORS OF THE FORWARD IF THEY WERE OBLIGED TO STOP OR RETURN THEY WERE LOST THE DOCTOR SAID NOTHING OF HIS ANXIETIES TO HIS COMPANIONS BUT ONLY URGED THEM TO GET AS FAR EAST AS POSSIBLE
requent rains changed to snow, and the weather became gloomy. Each day the sun dipped lower below the horizon, and on the 30th, for a few minutes, he was out of sight altogether. However, the little sloop sailed steadily on without stopping an instant. They knew what fatigues and obstacles a land journey involved, if they should be forced to adopt it, and no time was to be lost, for soon the open water would harden to firm ground; already the young ice had begun to form. In these high latitudes there is neither spring nor autumn; winter follows close on the heels of summer. On the 31st the first stars glimmered overhead, and from that time forwards there was continual fog, which considerably impeded navigation. The Doctor became very uneasy at these multiplied indications of approaching winter. He knew the difficulties Sir John Ross had to contend with after he left his ship to try and reach Baffin's Bay, and how, after all, he was compelled to return and pass a fourth winter on board.  THE FREQUENT RANGE CHANGED TO SNOW AND THE WEATHER BECAME GLOOMY EACH DAY THE SUN DIPPED LOWER BELOW THE HORIZON AND ON THE THIRTIETH FOR A FEW MINUTES HE WAS OUT OF SIGHT ALTOGETHER HOWEVER THE LITTLE SLOOP SAILED STEADILY ON WITHOUT STOPPING AN INSTANT THEY KNEW WHAT FATIGUES AND OBSTACLES A LAND JOURNEY INVOLVED THAT THEY SHOULD BE FORCED TO ADOPT IT AND NO TIME WAS TO BE LOST FOR SOON THE OPEN WATER WOULD HARDEN TO FIRM GROUND ALREADY THE YOUNG ICE HAD BEGUN TO FORM IN THESE HIGH LATITUDES THERE IS NEITHER SPRING NOR AUTUMN WINTER FOLLOWS CLOSE ON THE HEELS OF SUMMER ON THE THIRTY FIRST THE FIRST STARS GLIMMERED OVERHEAD AND FROM THAT TIME FORWARDS THERE WAS CONTINUAL FOG WHICH CONSIDERABLY IMPEDED NAVIGATION THE DOCTOR BECAME VERY UNEASY AT THESE MULTIPLIED INDICATIONS OF APPROACHING WINTER HE KNEW THE DIFFICULTIES SIR JOHN ROSS HAD TO CONTEND WITH AFTER HE LEFT HIS SHIP TO TRY AND REACH BAFFIN'S BAY AND HOW AFTER ALL HE WAS COMPELLED TO RETURN AND PASS THE FOURTH WINTER ON BOARD
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