Among the Esquimaux; or, Adventures under the Arctic Circle

t see the dark future with clearer vision than his young friends, it was his duty to keep their sight veiled as long as he c

they did so on the side farthest from the "Nautilus," so that all view of the ship was shut off,

ge in the weather, and would make all haste to return. Inasmuch as he had failed to do so, the party must be left to themselves for the time, while

den changes, sometimes seen in the high latitudes, whose coming is so sud

ht of the craft, that they were unable to see more than fifty feet in any direction. Fortunately, before leaving the "Nautilus," they had donned their heaviest clo

t, cut them to the bone. The gale, instead of blowing in their faces, swept along the side of the iceberg. They had but to withdraw, therefor

hirled in such fantastic fashion that when they crouched down they were so blinde

ound. They could see nothing of the raging ocean, nor of a tall spire-like mass of ice, which towered a hundred

reakers in a hurricane. Inconceivable as was the bulk of the berg, they plainly felt it yield to the resistless power of the ocean. It acquired a slow sea-saw m

there was no need of keeping them in their hands. The metal was so intensely cold that it could be noted through the protection of their thick mitten

n darkness and gloom in the midst of a trackless ocean. Whither they were going, when the terrifying voyage s

as the highest spirits are quickly succeeded by the deepest dejection. Our make-up is such that nature reacts, and neither state can continue

ss for some minutes, no one venturing to express a hope or op

u what we'll

uick to seize the relief of

start a

possession of his companions; "you gather the fuel and I'll kindle it. It happ

't, we could rub some pieces of ice tog

iece of ice in the form of a convex lens and concentrate the sun'

ything," replied Fred, craning his head forward and peer

ke his honest self, was striving to dispose of his body so as to give each

s hea

e of the berg till we start the bl

e should s

's a good thing to take a bath wh

d plan," observed Rob, "but, as it is, we shall have to huddle together

ging response, but he remained silent, as though he was considering diffic

ke a hurricane. The most vivid idea of its awful power was gained when the friends, far removed fr

three been close, they would not have heard each other's voices. The see-sawing of the colossal mass was more perceptible than ever, and caused them to

of a great ship. The question was whether such a vast volume of wind, impinging against the thousands of square feet of ice, would not affect the course and speed of the mass. If the h

be done, but to wait and trust in the only One who could help them, and who had been so me

onversation had lasted some minutes, "there's only one thing to do,

at we are doin

u was trying to conjure up some other plan. If