The Ice Desert: A Sequel to the English at the North Pole (Classic Reprint)

Oll sINVENTORY. Captain Hatteeas sdesign was a bold one; he had meant that England should have the glory of the discovery of the worlds boreal Pole. He had done all that human power could do. After having struggled for nine months with currents and tempests; after breaking up icebergs and getting through ice-banks in the most terrible winter ever experienced in these hyperborean latitudes; after having confirmed the discoveries of his predecessors, and taken his brig, the Forward, on beyond the known seas in short, after having accomplished half his task, he saw his great scheme crushed !T he treason, or rather the discouragement, of his crew, worn by their trials and the criminal folly of their leaders, left him in a frightful position; out of eighteen men only four remained, and these four were abandoned without supplies, without a ship, at more than 2,500 miles from their country !T he explosion of the Forward, which had just taken place before their eyes, took away their last means of existence.
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