Part, Chapter
1 I, II | Hearne, towards the Polar Sea, in 1770, to the discovery
2 I, III | the shores of the Polar Sea.”~And with fresh assurances
3 I, IV | expedition to the Polar Sea. They were all brave, high-spirited
4 I, VII | districts on the shores of the sea? was the Arctic Ocean open
5 I, VII | travellers. We hear of the open sea, of which certain explorers
6 I, VII | a glimpse. But if such a sea, free from ice, really exist,
7 I, VII | my part, I think an open sea would increase rather than
8 I, VII | on the verge of the Polar Sea; for these trees would supply
9 I, VIII | is quite a Mediterranean Sea, extending over several
10 I, VIII | whilst on the south a regular sea horizon, a circular line
11 I, VIII | shores of the Kamtchatka Sea, and in the islands of the
12 I, VIII | the confines of the Polar Sea, and that it was open at
13 I, IX | surged as if upon an open sea. The waters of the lake
14 I, X | not, and could not be, a sea passage between the oceans.”~“
15 I, X | account, he saw the open sea, and in any case he was
16 I, X | direct communication by sea between the Atlantic and
17 I, X | the other across the Polar Sea.”~“Well, Lieutenant, that
18 I, X | the shores of the Polar Sea in 1838, and whose courageous
19 I, XI | by the Company. There the sea, open for a great part of
20 I, XI | sloped down towards the sea were crowned with green
21 I, XII | free navigation of the open sea from Behring Strait to the
22 I, XII | lagoon behind them, and the sea open for four or five months
23 I, XII | its close vicinity to the sea, was perfectly sweet; but
24 I, XIII | of the lagoon or from the sea itself in the winter.~The
25 I, XV | inches above the level of the sea, and the tides are-or are
26 I, XV | to be explained that the sea did not at high tide inundate
27 I, XV | scarcely ten feet above the sea level at low tide?”~“That
28 I, XV | two hundred feet above the sea, frowned down upon the bay;
29 I, XV | their feet lay the vast sea, stretching northwards as
30 I, XV | off their retreat to the sea.~On land these creatures
31 I, XV | the herd plunged into the sea.~The victory was an easy
32 I, XV | creeping up easily from the sea. Now Cape Bathurst rises
33 I, XVI | poor creature, with the sea on one side and its three
34 I, XVII | The waters of the lake and sea, not yet petrified by the
35 I, XVII | on the liquid surfaces of sea and lake. The lagoon was
36 I, XVII | hours a day, whilst the sea horizon, no longer clearly
37 I, XVII | gloomy shores of the Polar Sea, only a few pairs of those
38 I, XVIII| navigators agree that the sea is there open. From certain
39 I, XXII | surface of the lake and sea.~The breaking up of the
40 I, XXII | the currents of the Polar Sea, gradually drew back and
41 I, XXII | horizon. On the 15th April the sea was open, and a vessel from
42 I, XXII | between the lake and the sea! Should it be so, ruin must
43 I, XXII | route, at a time when, the sea being free from ice, the
44 I, XXIII| perfectly.”~“Where the sea ought according to the observations
45 I, XXIII| have been very high, the sea did not even rise one foot,
46 I, XXIII| whereas a year before the sea rose a foot, there was now
47 I, XXIII| cape, gazing across the sea, which was now open, and
48 II, I | the borders of the Polar Sea, had drifted! Was the courageous
49 II, I | winter continued, the frozen sea maintained things as they
50 II, I | of the horizon—when the sea at last became open, the
51 II, I | they could only see the sea horizon on the north. Had
52 II, II | the currents of the open sea to the high Polar latitudes,
53 II, II | less than three months the sea would again be rendered
54 II, II | few hundred miles over the sea?” observed Mrs Barnett.~“
55 II, II | mainland as soon as ever the sea is frozen over.”~Hobson
56 II, II | thirty-five ton vessel, and the sea would not be open when it
57 II, II | to that part of the Polar Sea between Cape Bathurst and
58 II, II | America, crosses Behring Sea, and finally breaks on the
59 II, II | whereabouts in the Polar Sea we are at this moment; for
60 II, II | in the distance. But no, sea and sky met in an absolutely
61 II, II | the narrowest part of the sea between the coast and the
62 II, II | two months in which the sea will remain open in this
63 II, III | firm foundation. Vessels at sea might well be pitied in
64 II, III | should take place in the sea or the position of the cape
65 II, III | the angry billows of the sea were sinking to rest, and
66 II, III | they are hemmed in by the sea and cannot quit the island,”
67 II, III | audibly. She gazed across the sea for the missing continent,
68 II, IV | disappeared. Nothing but the sea everywhere.~The island on
69 II, IV | which they gazed at the sea and thought of the dark
70 II, IV | down to the level of the sea, and from there he was able
71 II, IV | ice-masses which proceed from sea water, porous, opaque, and
72 II, IV | surface? Might not a rough sea or a gale of wind cause
73 II, IV | amongst the pines; even the sea appeared to be wrapt in
74 II, IV | not even the wail of a sea bird broke upon the ear,
75 II, IV | effort to realise it, for the sea which is carrying us along
76 II, IV | being swallowed up by the sea.~The night passed on, and
77 II, V | thickness of the ice below the sea level was estimated at five
78 II, V | communication between the sea and the trap. So don’t be
79 II, V | by the warm waters of the sea, had given way.~Hobson at
80 II, VI | was mingled that of the sea, as its huge waves broke
81 II, VI | state of the horizon, the sea, and the sky. He therefore
82 II, VI | ground.~The appearance of sea and sky was indeed terrible.
83 II, VI | became so violent, and the sea so rough, that there was
84 II, VI | affected by the motion of the sea, and the people on any one
85 II, VII | wind, which swept over the sea with nothing to break its
86 II, VII | salt spray, although the sea was two or three miles distant
87 II, VII | violent convulsion of the sea, the roaring of which could
88 II, VII | that way!”~“Why not?”~“The sea!”~“What, the sea! We cannot
89 II, VII | The sea!”~“What, the sea! We cannot possibly have
90 II, VII | carefully.~“No,” he said, “the sea is farther to the left,
91 II, VII | certain extent. Moreover, the sea which bears us along feels
92 II, VII | whilst the fury of the sea seemed to be redoubled,
93 II, VII | What?”~“The noise of the sea?”~“Of course I do, sir,”
94 II, VII | replied Long.~“A ship at sea in this weather!” exclaimed
95 II, VII | voice, and it came from the sea.~Hobson and Long, wild with
96 II, VII | there was no land in sight, sea and sky were still blended
97 II, VIII | and a half inland. If the sea should again become rough
98 II, VIII | skimming the surface of the sea or of the lagoon, according
99 II, VIII | ravages recently made by the sea were distinctly visible.
100 II, VIII | coast already invaded by the sea. Here and there the waves
101 II, VIII | peril. Only look how the sea is advancing here. It already
102 II, VIII | not stop it very soon, the sea will shortly join the lake,
103 II, VIII | worn away as it was by the sea. Being rather tired with
104 II, VIII | along the promontory to the sea, and find out the exact
105 II, VIII | and led straight to the sea.~Mrs Barnett was turning
106 II, VIII | about to be plunged into the sea.~A large piece of the island
107 II, VIII | plunged with it into the sea.~Being a powerful swimmer,
108 II, IX | she pushed it down to the sea, hastily laced on the sealskin
109 II, IX | then been seventy hours at sea since she embarked!~The
110 II, IX | driven them into the open sea, and not towards the coast!~
111 II, IX | often to go round where the sea had encroached upon the
112 II, X | mainland back to the open sea, and it was again in the
113 II, X | would shut us in, and the sea become petrified around
114 II, X | farther south; but now the sea was an insurmountable barrier,
115 II, X | persons in such a dangerous sea~By the 16th September Victoria
116 II, X | of ice appeared upon the sea in the shape of small isolated
117 II, X | which sailors pour upon the sea to produce a momentary cessation
118 II, X | the coating of ice on the sea. Gradually the vast ice-field
119 II, X | better able to resist. The sea succumbed to the petrifying
120 II, X | solidified surface of the sea, amongst the icebergs which
121 II, X | They must wait until the sea was quite firmly frozen
122 II, X | quieter than those of the sea, was the first to freeze
123 II, X | nearly cold enough.~The sea froze all round the island,
124 II, X | zero, are required for the sea to freeze hard.~Had proof
125 II, X | been possible to cross the sea, but they continued to gather
126 II, X | said Mrs Barnett, “is the sea firm enough for us to cross
127 II, XII | island. He told how, when the sea became free from ice in
128 II, XII | quickly than those of the open sea, which were not yet in a
129 II, XII | in the midst of the Polar Sea!” observed Mrs Barnett.~“
130 II, XII | island. He told how, when the sea became free from ice in
131 II, XII | quickly than those of the open sea, which were not yet in a
132 II, XII | in the midst of the Polar Sea!” observed Mrs Barnett.~“
133 II, XII | or timber cast up by the sea, but he did not dare to
134 II, XII | freeze the surface of the sea, with any uniformity, and
135 II, XIII | becomes solidified, and the sea was therefore still liquid.
136 II, XIII | north or to the Behring Sea!~“Yes, Lieutenant, you are
137 II, XIV | could not use until the sea was open, which would not
138 II, XIV | freezing point, so that the sea round Victoria Island was
139 II, XV | resembled a tempest-tossed sea or a ruined town, in which
140 II, XV | commenced, the surface of the sea was comparatively even,
141 II, XV | steer his boat into the open sea. He was determined to lose
142 II, XV | least above the level of the sea, and it was so opaque that
143 II, XVII | frequented latitudes of Behring Sea. There was no longer any
144 II, XVII | higher above that of the sea. The conclusion he drew
145 II, XVII | state of positive chaos. The sea was one vast aggregation
146 II, XVII | to launch our boat on the sea!”~And the two ran as fast
147 II, XVIII| gradually sinking down, and the sea had already encroached nearly
148 II, XVIII| beneath the surface of the sea—was in the grasp of a powerful
149 II, XVIII| reached the level of the sea, and Mac Nab therefore felt
150 II, XVIII| and hollow voice——~“The sea! the sea!”~Yes, the ocean
151 II, XVIII| hollow voice——~“The sea! the sea!”~Yes, the ocean now encircled
152 II, XVIII| the wandering island, the sea was open at last, and a
153 II, XIX | CHAPTER XIX.~ BEHRING SEA.~The island, driven by the
154 II, XIX | great speed into Behring Sea, after crossing the strait
155 II, XIX | the icebergs, whilst the sea was gradually rising through
156 II, XIX | her after her swoon—~“The sea! the sea!”~Those about her,
157 II, XIX | her swoon—~“The sea! the sea!”~Those about her, however,
158 II, XIX | think of quitting it, as the sea was open and their boat
159 II, XIX | of the islands of Behring Sea?”~There was, in fact, a
160 II, XIX | plenty of islands in Behring Sea, St Lawrence, St Matthew,
161 II, XIX | Islands, bounding Behring Sea on the south, might arrest
162 II, XIX | Island. The waters of Behring Sea had already changed from
163 II, XIX | examining the state of the sea, and the ever-changing windings
164 II, XIX | the last land in Behring Sea!~
165 II, XX | the widest part of Behring Sea, six hundred miles from
166 II, XX | southern boundary of Behring Sea could be reached.~Could
167 II, XX | to wander far, as a rough sea would be enough to bring
168 II, XX | and peals of thunder. The sea rose high, lashed by a powerful
169 II, XX | the island; but now the sea had evidently enlarged the
170 II, XX | the rain ceased, and the sea became calmer. After a quiet
171 II, XX | vast expanse of the Behring Sea. She traced back the route
172 II, XX | southern boundary of Behring Sea, or be dragged to the south
173 II, XX | or seven feet below the sea level for every one above—
174 II, XXI | not on the surface of the sea.~The bearings were taken
175 II, XXI | affected by the state of the sea, and only take to the raft
176 II, XXI | were favourable, and the sea not too rough, this rude
177 II, XXI | in haste on a vessel at sea doomed to immediate destruction.
178 II, XXI | evidently given way, and the sea had flowed in.~The fact
179 II, XXI | invasion of the lake by the sea proved that the base of
180 II, XXI | with the whole party.~The sea was, however, very rough,
181 II, XXI | up and down, and shipped sea after sea. The embarkation
182 II, XXI | down, and shipped sea after sea. The embarkation of provisions, &
183 II, XXI | wind went down, and the sea became calmer; it had but
184 II, XXI | of the waters of lake and sea alone remained.~It was some
185 II, XXII | turned round and saw the sea on every side, they realised
186 II, XXII | sign of it on the desolate sea.~The unfortunate colonists
187 II, XXII | throw themselves into the sea, when Mrs Barnett flung
188 II, XXII | bathed by the waves of the sea, formed the new coast-line.
189 II, XXII | every one, gazing at the sea in an absent indifferent
190 II, XXII | beach fell off into the sea, and it was evident that
191 II, XXII | the islet looking at the sea, suddenly cried—~“A boat!
192 II, XXII | off, and plunged into the sea. The cries of the drowning
193 II, XXIII| to be drowned in the open sea than in a narrow wooden
194 II, XXIII| formed the centre. But the sea was absolutely deserted—
195 II, XXIII| floating on the Behring Sea.~The temperature continued
196 II, XXIII| heaved the surface of the sea, and the morsel of earth
197 II, XXIII| five or six feet above the sea level, and its base was
198 II, XXIII| Kellet turned towards the sea. Mrs Barnett, terrified
199 II, XXIII| of fierce longing at the sea, and passing his hand over
200 II, XXIII| ice as they fell into the sea. The colonists, stretched
201 II, XXIII| its mean height above the sea level had sensibly diminished.
202 II, XXIII| longer and flatter. Look, the sea la not more than ten feet
203 II, XXIII| the bear plunged into the sea, and swimming to the shore,
204 II, XXIV | extreme south of Behring Sea, that all the colonists
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