Subject for November, 2016
Chapter 18 – A Revelation
Subject: An Antarctic Mystery
The following day, the 29th of December, at six in the morning, the schooner set sail with a north-east wind, and this time her course was due south. The two succeeding days pa...
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Chapter 17 – And Pym?
Subject: An Antarctic Mystery
“And Pym—poor Pym?” I turned round quickly. Hunt had spoken. This strange person was standing motionless at a little distance, gazing fixedly at the horizon. It was so unusual ...
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Chapter 16 – Tsalal Island
Subject: An Antarctic Mystery
The night passed without alarm. No boat had put off from the island, nor had a native shown himself upon the beach. The Halbrane, then, had not been observed on her arrival; th...
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Chapter 15 – Bennet Islet
Subject: An Antarctic Mystery
The Halbrane was then within sight of Bennet Islet! The crew urgently needed rest, so the disembarkation was deferred until the following day, and I went back to my cabin. &nbs...
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Chapter 14 – A Voice In A Dream
Subject: An Antarctic Mystery
Entirely free from ice? No. It would have been premature to affirm this as a fact. A few icebergs were visible in the distance, while some drifts and packs were still going eas...
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Chapter 13 – Along The Front Of The Icebergs
Subject: An Antarctic Mystery
Although the seas beyond the Polar Circle were wildly tumultuous, it is but just to acknowledge that our navigation had been accomplished so far under exceptional conditions. A...
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Chapter 12 – Between The Polar Circle And The Ice Wall
Subject: An Antarctic Mystery
Since the Halbrane has passed beyond the imaginary curve drawn at twenty-three and a half degrees from the Pole, it seems as though she had entered a new region, “that region o...
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Chapter 11 – From The Sandwich Islands To The Polar Circle
Subject: An Antarctic Mystery
The Halbrane, singularly favoured by the weather, sighted the New South Orkneys group in six days after she had sailed from the Sandwich Islands. This archipelago was discovere...
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Chapter 10 – The Outset Of The Enterprise
Subject: An Antarctic Mystery
Here was I, then, launched into an adventure which seemed likely to surpass all my former experiences. Who would have believed such a thing of me. But I was under a spell which...
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Chapter 9 – Fitting Out The Halbrane
Subject: An Antarctic Mystery
On the 15th of October, our schooner cast anchor in Port Egmont, on the north of West Falkland. The group is composed of two islands, one the above-named, the other Soledad or ...
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