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1 I, III | one want at this time of night?” exclaimed the Sergeant
2 I, V | sleep in the long winter night, and smiled as she opened
3 I, V | the bone, when even the night brought us no relief from
4 I, V | strange long six months’ night, and then indeed you will
5 I, VI | twilight, pressed on day and night, and were literally overcome
6 I, VI | vegetation, after the long night of winter, were refreshing
7 I, VI | land is the land of the night, not of the day; and you
8 I, VI | marvels of the long Polar night.”~“Have you ever visited
9 I, VI | the coldest part of the night, marked more than 32° Fahrenheit.
10 I, VI | sun. When the queen of the night rose above the horizon,
11 I, VII | have pressed on day and night; but he was obliged to make
12 I, VII | and Fort Enterprise.~At night the yellow mist became more
13 I, VII | doing any harm.~The last night, that of the 25th or 26th
14 I, VII | and towards the end of the night one of those sudden changes
15 I, VIII | We generally hunt them at night, as they very seldom venture
16 I, IX | aft.~To add to the danger, night, or rather darkness, for
17 I, IX | for in these latitudes night only lasts a few hours at
18 I, X | about ten o’clock the same night when Mrs Barnett and Lieutenant
19 I, X | and water-birds day and night.~For the next three nights
20 I, X | night-if we can speak of the night, when the sun, describing
21 I, X | disappeared at all. The true night only lasted two hours, and
22 I, XI | clock and in the evening. At night they all encamped in tents.~
23 I, XII | like in the long winter night of four months when the
24 I, XII | material, was arranged for the night on the banks of the lagoon;
25 I, XII | two observers.~Already the night before, and the same morning,
26 I, XIII | while during, the long night of the Arctic winter they
27 I, XIV | caves, whence it issues at night and creates great havoc
28 I, XV | for some hours during the night, a circumstance which attracted
29 I, XVI | farther north, the polar night would have set in on the
30 I, XVI | thermometer fell during the night to 31° Fahrenheit; and thin
31 I, XVI | was prepared for the Polar night.~And now all the wants of
32 I, XVI | resting; they only work in the night, and we mean to surprise
33 I, XVII | that is to say, the day and night were of equal length all
34 I, XVII | atmosphere. and after a night during which the thermometer
35 I, XVII | the kitchen. During the night they could be heard howling
36 I, XVII | these animals being seen. At night they would come close up
37 I, XVII | commencement of the Polar night, but they too were soon
38 I, XVII | for two months. The Polar night had commenced!~
39 I, XVIII| CHAPTER XVIII.~ THE POLAR NIGHT.~The long night was ushered
40 I, XVIII| THE POLAR NIGHT.~The long night was ushered in by a violent
41 I, XVIII| long hours of the sleepless night.~But although darkness reigned
42 I, XVIII| uninteresting. The last thought at night was a hope that the tempest
43 I, XVIII| atmosphere. The queen of the night shone with renewed splendour
44 I, XIX | the darkness of the Polar night would be most profound,
45 I, XX | black background of the night sky.~Had not the mouths
46 I, XX | thermometer had to be used. On the night of the 28th to the 29th
47 I, XXI | attack. Watch was kept all night, and at four o’clock in
48 I, XXI | anxious expectation, and at night no one could sleep for the
49 I, XXII | reappeared, and the Polar night was at an end. It only remained
50 I, XXIII| eclipse the queen of the night and the great orb of day
51 I, XXIII| The wild ducks, thinking night had come, began to utter
52 II, III | to their fury.~During the night of the 22d July the tempest
53 II, III | the few short hours of the night at Walruses’ Bay, which
54 II, IV | CHAPTER IV.~ A NIGHT ENCAMPMENT.~And so Hobson
55 II, IV | intended to encamp for the night at Washburn Bay. When there
56 II, IV | It was not, however, yet night, nor could it be called
57 II, IV | Sergeant Long made ready the night quarters.~The Lieutenant
58 II, IV | making arrangements for the night; for he had no idea of sleeping
59 II, IV | protected from the cold night air.~“In the land of the
60 II, IV | resting-place during the short night.~Whilst Long was working
61 II, IV | Barnett would not allow. A night in the open air would do
62 II, IV | for the few hours of the night a crackling fire of dead
63 II, IV | the holy influence of the night could not fail to calm his
64 II, IV | the awful silence of the night.~“Who would imagine,” said
65 II, IV | swallowed up by the sea.~The night passed on, and the explorers
66 II, V | during the few hours of the night the column of mercury scarcely
67 II, V | long hours of the Arctic night might be awaited in perfect
68 II, V | many days during the Polar night, if Victoria Island should
69 II, VI | outside in the daytime; but at night it was impossible to sleep,
70 II, VII | is not unlikely this dark night, we should know that we
71 II, VII | moon, which was new the night before, would not appear
72 II, VII | tempest increased as the night advanced, the air and water
73 II, VIII | the coast during the awful night just over. Might it not
74 II, VIII | passed the island during the night, that the fire and cry were
75 II, VIII | storm. The gulf observed the night before might have spread
76 II, VIII | wood they had crossed the night before. Numbers of trees
77 II, VIII | the gulf they had seen the night before without being able
78 II, VIII | within sight during the night, and that the island had
79 II, VIII | bearings the next day. The night was colder and a fine snow
80 II, VIII | themselves into snow during the night, so that the next day the
81 II, IX | next year. The long Polar night being over, and the month
82 II, IX | nor fish. But during the night of the 31st August a kind
83 II, IX | Esquimaux use when fishing at night, lit it and waved it on
84 II, IX | crouching on Cape Michael on the night of the 31st August.~Imagine
85 II, IX | This had taken place the night before, just before dawn—
86 II, IX | had happened during the night of the storm, when the wandering
87 II, X | At any hour of the day or night the houses of the factory
88 II, X | dogs the whole of the Polar night was stored up. They were
89 II, X | Fahrenheit during the day, but at night it fell to 32°. The sun
90 II, X | twenty four.~At last, on the night of the 16th September, the
91 II, X | day ended the work of the night, and if the speed of the
92 II, X | of September, the day and night were of equal length, and
93 II, X | and from that date the night gradually became longer
94 II, X | four degrees below in the night. Hobson again made his men
95 II, X | horizon. The long Polar night was beginning nine days
96 II, XII | been carried away in the night of the 31st August, and,
97 II, XII | and darkness of the Polar night. It will be hard work, my
98 II, XII | been carried away in the night of the 31st August, and,
99 II, XII | and darkness of the Polar night. It will be hard work, my
100 II, XII | thick darkness of the Arctic night!~Mrs Barnett, however, forced
101 II, XIII | ice-field, and a halt for the night was ordered; the encampment
102 II, XIII | return thanks enough.”~The night passed without incident;
103 II, XIV | indefatigable, remaining day and night by her favourite’s bedside,
104 II, XIV | apparently interminable Polar night. Snow fell abundantly for
105 II, XIV | commencement of the long Polar night.~
106 II, XV | about one o’clock P.M.~The night was passed as before in
107 II, XV | walk of three hours. The night had now fallen, and it was
108 II, XV | the island.~It was on the night of the 7th April that the
109 II, XVII | the darkness of the Polar night!~On the 5th May, Hobson
110 II, XVII | were proposed.~The same night the Lieutenant determined
111 II, XVII | assigned to them.~It was a fine night, there was no moon, but
112 II, XVIII| working from above through the night, and when there was no longer
113 II, XVIII| as soon as possible.~All night long the party worked at
114 II, XVIII| The progress made in the night had been so great that Mac-Nab
115 II, XVIII| the end of the next day.~Night fell, but the work was continued
116 II, XVIII| continued throughout the night, the men relieving each
117 II, XX | large numbers. In a single night the aspect of the country
118 II, XX | which had opened during the night on the site formerly occupied
119 II, XX | became calmer. After a quiet night the sun rose upon the desolate
120 II, XX | else had done.~During the night of the 26th May, the orientation
121 II, XXI | wished to pass one more quiet night on land, and Hobson yielded
122 II, XXI | with the embarkation.~The night was more peaceful than had
123 II, XXI | likely to thicken during the night. It came from the north,
124 II, XXII | FOUR FOLLOWING DAYS.~The night was calm, and in the morning
125 II, XXII | than an islet!~During the night six-sevenths of the district
126 II, XXII | waters.~No one slept the next night. Who could have closed his
127 II, XXII | of the islet during the night.~In the course of this day
128 II, XXII | they would. Had it been night some of the planks of the
129 II, XXII | striking, especially in the night, and they therefore hasten
130 II, XXIII| together.~A silent sleepless night ensued. No one spoke or
131 II, XXIII| that time!”~Throughout that night Hobson remained motionless
132 II, XXIII| broke the stillness of the night but the rippling of the
133 II, XXIII| of the strip of ice.~This night also passed away without
134 II, XXIII| dispersed the shadows of the night.~The Lieutenant’s first
135 II, XXIII| had taken place during the night, and felt that all hope
136 II, XXIII| but a question of moments!~Night set in, and there was nothing
137 II, XXIII| windward.~It was a dark gloomy night, without any moon, and Hobson,
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