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  The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch UNDER THE OCEAN TO THE SOUTH POLE Or The Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder Cloth


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id: 14363
title: The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913
author: Cherry-Garrard, Apsley
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  share in all the big journeys and bad times which came to Scott''s main big sea running and the dogs and ponies were having a bad time. Scott, Wilson and Evans walked away over the sea-ice, but were soon back. miles of sea-ice and a good deal of Barrier, but also the end of Glacier sea, and land meet, called Pram Point by Scott in the Discovery days. returning party, for Scott talked of camping on the sea-ice. fourteen days was a long time for a Spring Party to be away sledging and After the motors had been two days on the sea-ice on their way to Hut "To-day we have worked hard and covered a good distance 12 miles, surface Scott travelled from Hut Point to the South Pole in 75 days, and time to-day I think Scott meant trying the right hand of the island or


id: 15869
title: A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 2
author: Cook, James
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  west, we stood to the north for the two high islands; but the wind, verified at three in the afternoon, when high land was seen bearing S.W. Upon this we took in the small sails, reefed the top-sails, and hauling up At sun-rise, having discovered a new land bearing south, and the head, and steered S.S.E. for the south end of the island, having a fine three leagues, to a pretty high point or head-land, situated in latitude could look up to the head of the bay; but as the breeze was faint, a N.E. swell hurtled us over to the west shore; so that, at half past four o''clock the north wind by the island; the other isles lay to the west, and still in doubt if it was an island; for, at this time, land was seen we had seen land several times, but it proved to be high islands of ice


id: 15777
title: A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1
author: Cook, James
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  At length day-light came and brought us fair weather; and having stood into Bay. Having got clear of the land, I directed my course for Cape Circumcision. the sea; and some on board thought they saw land also over the ice, bearing This weather continued till near noon the next day; at which time we Having got on board this supply of water, and the Adventure about twothirds as much (of which we stood in great need,) as we had once broke the In the afternoon having but little wind, I brought-to under an island of as the sea run high, we made our course no better than S.S.W. At four o''clock the next morning, the gale had a little abated; and the At day-light in the morning of the 16th, we saw an island of ice to the


id: 19731
title: Under the Ocean to the South Pole; Or, the Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder
author: Rockwood, Roy
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  "Hand me that wrench, Mark," called Professor Amos Henderson to a boy "Do you think the ship will work, Professor?" he asked. "Now boys, we''ll see if she works so far," said the professor. "We are only going down a little way," the professor said, "and only At the sound of the voice the professor started and Mark and Jack "I think I''ll go a little nearer the surface," said the professor to "What is it?" asked Mark, as, followed by Jack, he came forward. "I think you and Mark will have to make a trip to town," he said to Jack "It''s Washington!" cried Mark, as he saw Professor Henderson''s colored The manhole cover was opened and Andy, with Jack and Mark, went out on water had come to the surface, the professor, came up on deck to take a "Reverse the ship!" cried Professor Henderson.


id: 18129
title: South with Scott
author: Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron
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  Dogs, ponies, motor sledges and man-hauling parties on ski were to landed on the sea ice and walked a mile or so over it to the little cape For the next few days we continued marching over the Great Ice Barrier, the sea ice from the Barrier edge to reach Hut Point on March 1. some way towards Hut Point over good strong sea ice, cracks became forthcoming pony-sledge work over the Great Ice Barrier. took a small sledge party counting Bowers, Seaman Evans, and Simpson away Great Ice Barrier itself, Scott and his party cheered wildly, and Day Lashly got on to the Barrier, Scott took his party away and they returned sledges, and Lashly and Day got the snow out of the motor, a long and going at a mile an hour pace until 8 p.m. I had left a note at the Corner Camp depot which told Scott of our trying


id: 3415
author: Amundsen, Roald
title:
  The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2


id: 3414
author: Amundsen, Roald
title:
  The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1


id: 5199
title: South! The Story of Shackleton''s Last Expedition, 1914-1917; Includes both text and audio files
author: Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir
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  "Two sledging parties will operate from the base on the Weddell Sea. One will travel westwards towards Graham Land, making observations, the afternoon, but at midnight the ship was stopped by small, heavy icefloes, tightly packed against an unbroken plain of ice. I had never seen such a large area of unbroken ice in the Ross Sea. We waited with banked fires for the strong easterly breeze to moderate squally with snow-flurries, and I did not order a start till 11 p.m. The pack was still close, but the ice was softer and more easily east and south-west had no apparent effect upon the ice, and the ship have set the ice in strong movement towards the north, and the southwesterly and west-south-westerly winds that prevailed two days out of boat drifted down towards the ice-floe, where her position was likely S. The pack was well broken a mile from the ship, and the ice was


id: 4229
author: Amundsen, Roald
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  New Year''s Day came and went without any change in the ice. but these men succeeded in working their way on foot over sea-ice place came the south-west wind with rain, fog, and foul weather in carry dogs, too, aboard this ship," he would say, every time he came on days, and before the month was half over we had come a good way into long sea voyage, and probably many on board the Fram looked forward dogs themselves saw to its covering with ice, and for the time being a mass of dogs it took some little time before they came across each this way for the first time going south, Hanssen''s dogs had fallen That day we crossed the last crevasse for a long time to come, and reached our good little house again, with two sledges and eleven dogs; was the best day''s work the Fram had done up to that time.

title:
  The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2


id: 6137
title: The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
author: Mawson, Douglas, Sir
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  Sastrugi furrowed by the mighty winds of the plateau, 250 miles S.S.E. of winter quarters, Adelie Land Working the sledge through broken sea ice, 46 miles off King George V Wild''s party working their sledges through the crushed ice at the foot The wind was blowing at eighty miles per hour, making it tedious work half miles south of the Hut lying on the ice quite well, but there was reached the land just in time; and the sea-ice drifted away to the Next day the light was very bad and the wind fifty miles per hour. Next day the wind was due south at thirty miles per hour. fifty miles per hour, with scarce a day without drifting snow. At twelve miles, blue, wind-swept ice gave place to an almost flat snow ice in a fifty-mile wind with moderate drift close to the Hut and, on


id: 6973
title: The Boy Aviators'' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic
author: Goldfrap, John Henry
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  "That''s the spirit, my boy," exclaimed the captain warmly, as Harry, "Say, Harry," said Frank earnestly, as the boys, having bade their Captain Hazzard evidently wishes kept a mystery till the time comes to As Frank had anticipated, Captain Hazzard agreed to ship Billy Barnes "I beg your pardon," exclaimed Frank, as Captain Hazzard looked up, "Come on, boys," exclaimed Frank, drawing his revolver, "get your The delighted boys followed the old man to Captain Hazzard''s cabin, "Perhaps you are right, my boy," said Captain Hazzard at length, "at "All right, professor," said Ben, with a wink at the boys, "maybe ice "My gracious," suddenly cried the professor as the boys came out from "I want to speak to you boys for a minute," said Captain Hazzard, as "Captain Hazzard knows best," said Frank, shortly. which Captain Hazzard believes the ship is ice-bound," announced Frank


id: 11579
title: Scott''s Last Expedition, Volume I Being the journals of Captain R. F. Scott
author: Scott, Robert Falcon
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  Well--A Head Wind--Bad Conditions Continue--At One Ton Camp--Winter We have run 190 miles to-day: a good start, but inconvenient in one Crozier on New Year''s Day. 8 P.M.--Our calm soon came to an end, the breeze at 3 P.M. coming ice for water, snow for the animals, good slopes for ski-ing, vast ponies to come out, and we commenced a good day''s work. 1/4 mile off Hut Point got a clear run to Glacier Tongue. and 2 from Hut Point--a cold east wind; to-night the temperature 19°. Last night the temperature fell to -6° after the wind dropped--to-day Started on a bad surface--ponies plunging a good deal for 2 miles or blowing from 30 to 40 miles an hour all day; drift bad, and to-night Have exercised the ponies to-day and got my first good look at them. Light snow has fallen during the day--to-night the wind


id: 6721
title: The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott''s Last Expedition
author: Turley, Charles
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  days the ship had really to fight her way, and Scott gave high As the days of March went by Scott began really to wonder whether miles off, but hope it is not so much; nine hours'' work to-day work that when the second long Polar night ended, Scott was able to With ponies, motor sledges, dogs, and men parties working hard, following day Scott drove his team to the ship, and when the men For the depôt laying journey Scott''s party consisted of 12 men on Scott saw their sledge track leading round on the sea-ice. Armitage, Scott and his party soon started back to Safety Camp, Gran at Corner Camp, and on the following day Scott, Crean and Two days later another depôt party started to Corner Camp, E. every day, Scott hoped to march longer hours and to make the requisite


id: 35426
title: Polaris of the Snows
author: Stilson, Charles B. (Charles Billings)
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  Kicking an accumulation of loose snow away from the door, the man took dog-team out of the stockade onto the prairie of snow, closing the gate "Of old a great general in that far world of men burned his ships that Polaris unharnessed the pack, and man and dogs crept on board the hulk. In an angle of the ice-wall, a few yards from the ship, Polaris pitched Whipping the dogs back, the son of the snows ran forward to meet the Polaris slept with the dogs, huddled in robes. Like a man in a dream, Polaris heard their voices raised in curses. The girl raised her eyes to his, and they gazed long at one another. fashion at the girl''s hands, and pushed his great head forward for more Crouched among the dogs in the camp, Polaris On the spine of the ridge stood Polaris, leaning on his long spear and


id: 36802
author: Scott, G. Firth
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  notions about ice-ships and dog-sledges, and trusting themselves and ice and so severely crushed that as soon as the winter passed and escape them, a great mass of old ice, over six miles in length and drifting at The following day the main camp was reached, and the white men at once Party take to the Ice and are Cast Away--They build themselves Snow men were on the ice was abandoned, and, as the water was fairly open, On September 4 new ice formed on the water in which the ship was reach the ship in time for relief to come for another day or two, and no winter pressure of the great ice packs in the far North. from the ice, and they were in the water before the men could reach A small party from the _Fram_ was out on the ice at the time,

title:
  The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the "Discovery"


