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“
Just
possible
,
Mr
.
Jeorling
,
quite
possible
.
But
it
must
appear
before
two
days
,
or
,
on
the
word
of
a
boatswain
,
nothing
can
prevent
us
from
putting
about
!
”
During
the
next
twenty
-
four
hours
the
Halbrane
took
a
south
-
south
-
westerly
course
.
Nevertheless
,
her
direction
must
have
been
frequently
changed
and
her
speed
decreased
in
avoiding
the
ice
.
The
navigation
became
very
difficult
so
soon
as
the
schooner
headed
towards
the
line
of
the
bergs
,
which
it
had
to
cut
obliquely
.
However
,
there
were
none
of
the
packs
which
blocked
up
all
access
to
the
iceberg
on
the
67th
parallel
.
The
enormous
heaps
were
melting
away
with
majestic
slowness
.
The
ice
-
blocks
appeared
“
quite
new
”
(
to
employ
a
perfectly
accurate
expression
)
,
and
perhaps
they
had
only
been
formed
some
days
.
However
,
with
a
height
of
one
hundred
and
fifty
feet
,
their
bulk
must
have
been
calculated
by
millions
of
tons
.
West
was
watching
closely
in
order
to
avoid
collisions
,
and
did
not
leave
the
deck
even
for
an
instant
.
Until
now
,
Captain
Len
Guy
had
always
been
able
to
rely
upon
the
indications
of
the
compass
.
The
magnetic
pole
,
still
hundreds
of
miles
off
,
had
no
influence
on
the
compass
,
its
direction
being
east
.
The
needle
remained
steady
,
and
might
be
trusted
.
So
,
in
spite
of
my
conviction
,
founded
,
however
,
on
very
serious
arguments
,
there
was
no
sign
of
land
,
and
I
was
wondering
whether
it
would
not
be
better
to
steer
more
to
the
west
,
at
the
risk
of
removing
the
Halbrane
from
that
extreme
point
where
the
meridians
of
the
globe
cross
each
other
.
Thus
,
as
the
hours
went
by
—
and
I
was
only
allowed
forty
-
eight
—
it
was
only
too
plain
that
lack
of
courage
prevailed
,
and
that
everyone
was
inclined
to
be
insubordinate
.
After
another
day
and
a
half
,
I
could
no
longer
contend
with
the
general
discontent
.
The
schooner
must
ultimately
retrace
her
course
towards
the
north
.
The
crew
were
working
in
silence
,
whilst
West
was
giving
sharp
short
orders
for
manoeuvring
through
the
channels
,
sometimes
luffing
in
order
to
avoid
a
collision
,
now
bearing
away
almost
square
before
the
wind
.
Nevertheless
,
in
spite
of
a
close
watch
,
in
spite
of
the
skill
of
the
sailors
,
in
spite
of
the
prompt
execution
of
the
manoeuvres
,
dangerous
friction
against
the
hull
,
which
left
long
traces
of
the
ridge
of
the
icebergs
,
occurred
.
And
,
in
truth
,
the
bravest
could
not
repress
a
feeling
of
terror
when
thinking
that
the
planking
might
have
given
way
and
the
sea
have
invaded
us
.
The
base
of
these
floating
ice
-
mountains
was
very
steep
,
so
that
it
would
have
been
impossible
for
us
to
land
upon
one
.
Moreover
,
we
saw
no
seals
—
these
were
usually
very
numerous
where
the
ice
-
fields
abounded
—
nor
even
a
flock
of
the
screeching
penguins
which
,
on
other
occasions
,
the
Halbrane
sent
diving
by
myriads
as
she
passed
through
them
;
the
birds
themselves
seemed
rarer
and
wilder
.
Dread
,
from
which
none
of
us
could
escape
,
seemed
to
come
upon
us
from
these
desolate
and
deserted
regions
.
How
could
we
still
entertain
a
hope
that
the
survivors
of
the
Jane
had
found
shelter
,
and
obtained
means
of
existence
in
those
awful
solitudes
?
