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“
An
iceberg
,
boatswain
?
”
“
Yes
,
an
iceberg
,
which
has
chosen
just
now
to
turn
head
over
heels
.
In
turning
,
it
struck
the
Halbrane
and
carried
it
off
just
as
a
battledore
catches
a
shuttlecock
,
and
now
here
we
are
,
stranded
at
certainly
one
hundred
feet
above
the
level
of
the
Antarctic
Sea
.
”
Could
one
have
imagined
a
more
terrible
conclusion
to
the
adventurous
voyage
of
the
Halbrane
?
In
the
middle
of
these
remote
regions
our
only
means
of
transport
had
just
been
snatched
from
its
natural
element
,
and
carried
off
by
the
turn
of
an
iceberg
to
a
height
of
more
than
one
hundred
feet
!
What
a
conclusion
!
To
be
swallowed
up
in
a
polar
tempest
,
to
be
destroyed
in
a
fight
with
savages
,
to
be
crushed
in
the
ice
,
such
are
the
dangers
to
which
any
ship
engaged
in
the
polar
seas
is
exposed
!
But
to
think
that
the
Halbrane
had
been
lifted
by
a
floating
mountain
just
as
that
mountain
was
turning
over
,
was
stranded
and
almost
at
its
summit
—
no
!
such
a
thing
seemed
quite
impossible
.
I
did
not
know
whether
we
could
succeed
in
letting
down
the
schooner
from
this
height
with
the
means
we
had
at
our
disposal
.
But
I
did
know
that
Captain
Len
Guy
,
the
mate
and
the
older
members
of
the
crew
,
when
they
had
recovered
from
their
first
fright
,
would
not
give
up
in
despair
,
no
matter
how
terrible
the
situation
might
be
;
of
that
I
had
no
doubt
whatsoever
!
They
would
all
look
to
the
general
safety
;
as
for
the
measures
to
be
taken
,
no
one
yet
knew
anything
.
A
foggy
veil
,
a
sort
of
greyish
mist
still
hung
over
the
iceberg
.
Nothing
could
be
seen
of
its
enormous
mass
except
the
narrow
craggy
cleft
in
which
the
schooner
was
wedged
,
nor
even
what
place
it
occupied
in
the
middle
of
the
ice
-
fleet
drifting
towards
the
south
-
east
.
Common
prudence
demanded
that
we
should
quit
the
Halbrane
,
which
might
slide
down
at
a
sharp
shake
of
the
iceberg
.
Were
we
even
certain
that
the
latter
had
regained
its
position
on
the
surface
of
the
sea
?
Was
her
stability
secure
?
Should
we
not
be
on
the
look
-
out
for
a
fresh
upheaval
?
And
if
the
schooner
were
to
fall
into
the
abyss
,
which
of
us
could
extricate
himself
safe
and
sound
from
such
a
fall
,
and
then
from
the
final
plunge
into
the
depths
of
the
ocean
?
In
a
few
minutes
the
crew
had
abandoned
the
Halbrane
.
Each
man
sought
for
refuge
on
the
ice
-
slopes
,
awaiting
the
time
when
the
iceberg
should
be
freed
from
mist
.
The
oblique
rays
from
the
sun
did
not
succeed
in
piercing
it
,
and
the
red
disk
could
hardly
be
perceived
through
the
opaque
mass
.
However
,
we
could
distinguish
each
other
at
about
twelve
feet
apart
.
As
for
the
Halbrane
,
she
looked
like
a
confused
blackish
mass
standing
out
sharply
against
the
whiteness
of
the
ice
.
