Subject for November, 2016
Chapter 2 – Dick Sand
Subject: Part 1
Meanwhile the sea was favorable, and, except the delays, navigation would be accomplished under very supportable conditions. Mrs. Weldon had been installed on board the "P...
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Chapter 1 – The Brig-Schooner “Pilgrim”
Subject: Part 1
On February 2, 1876, the schooner "Pilgrim" was in latitude 43° 57′ south, and in longitude 165° 19′ west of the meridian of Greenwich. This vesse...
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Chapter 26 – A Little Remnant
Subject: An Antarctic Mystery
That same day, in the afternoon, the Paracuta departed from the coast of the Land of the Sphinx, which had lain to the west of us since the 21st of February. By the death of Dir...
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Chapter 25 – “We Were The First”
Subject: An Antarctic Mystery
Two days later not one of the survivors from the two schooners, the Jane and the Halbrane, remained upon any coast of the Antarctic region. On the 21st of February, at six o’cl...
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Chapter 24 – Eleven Years In A Few Pages
Subject: An Antarctic Mystery
The heading of the following chapter indicates that the adventures of William Guy and his companions after destruction of the English schooner, and the details of their history...
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Chapter 23 – Found At Last
Subject: An Antarctic Mystery
The question of our wintering on the land whereon,we had been thrown was settled for us. But, after all, the situation was not changed for those among the nine (now only remain...
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Chapter 22 – In Camp
Subject: An Antarctic Mystery
A little after noon, the iceberg was within a mile of the land. After their dinner, the crew climbed up to the topmost block, on which Dirk Peters was stationed. On our ...
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Chapter 21 – Amid The Mists
Subject: An Antarctic Mystery
So this was the sum of all our efforts, trials and disappointments! Not to speak of the destruction of the Halbrane, the expedition had already cost nine lives. From thirty-two...
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Chapter 20 – “Unmerciful Disaster”
Subject: An Antarctic Mystery
In the morning, after breakfast, it was decided that the men should begin to dig a sloping bed which would allow the Halbrane to slide to the foot of the iceberg. Would that He...
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Chapter 19 – Land?
Subject: An Antarctic Mystery
“Land” is the only word to be found at the beginning of the nineteenth chapter of Edgar Poe’s book. I thought it would be a good idea—placing after it a note of interrogation—t...
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