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It
must
not
be
forgotten
that
since
our
iceberg
had
passed
beyond
the
south
pole
,
we
were
in
the
zone
of
eastern
longitudes
counted
from
the
zero
of
Greenwich
to
the
hundred
and
eightieth
degree
.
All
hope
must
therefore
be
abandoned
of
our
either
touching
at
the
Falklands
,
or
finding
whaling
-
ships
in
the
waters
of
the
Sandwich
Islands
,
the
South
Orkneys
,
or
South
Georgia
.
Our
voyage
proceeded
under
unaltered
conditions
for
ten
days
.
Our
little
craft
was
perfectly
sea
-
worthy
.
The
two
captains
and
West
fully
appreciated
its
soundness
,
although
,
as
I
have
previously
said
,
not
a
scrap
of
iron
had
a
place
in
its
construction
.
It
had
not
once
been
necessary
to
repair
its
seams
,
so
staunch
were
they
.
To
be
sure
,
the
sea
was
smooth
,
its
long
,
rolling
waves
were
hardly
ruffled
on
their
surface
.
On
the
10th
of
March
,
with
the
same
longitude
the
observation
gave
7
°
13
’
for
latitude
.
The
speed
of
the
Paracuta
had
then
been
thirty
miles
in
each
twenty
-
four
hours
.
If
this
rate
of
progress
could
be
maintained
for
three
weeks
,
there
was
every
chance
of
our
finding
the
passes
open
,
and
being
able
to
get
round
the
iceberg
barrier
;
also
that
the
whaling
-
ships
would
not
yet
have
left
the
fishing
-
grounds
.
The
sun
was
on
the
verge
of
the
horizon
,
and
the
time
was
approaching
when
the
Antarctic
region
would
be
shrouded
in
polar
night
.
Fortunately
,
in
re
-
ascending
towards
the
north
we
were
getting
into
waters
from
whence
light
was
not
yet
banished
.
Then
did
we
witness
a
phenomenon
as
extraordinary
as
any
of
those
described
by
Arthur
Pym
.
For
three
or
four
hours
,
sparks
,
accompanied
by
a
sharp
noise
,
shot
out
of
our
fingers
’
ends
,
our
hair
,
and
our
beards
.
There
was
an
electric
snowstorm
,
with
great
flakes
falling
loosely
,
and
the
contact
produced
this
strange
luminosity
.
The
sea
rose
so
suddenly
and
tumbled
about
so
wildly
that
the
Paracuta
was
several
times
in
danger
of
being
swallowed
up
by
the
waves
,
but
we
got
through
the
mystic
-
seeming
tempest
all
safe
and
sound
.
Nevertheless
,
space
was
thenceforth
but
imperfectly
lighted
.
Frequent
mists
came
up
and
bounded
our
outlook
to
a
few
cable
-
lengths
.
Extreme
watchfulness
and
caution
were
necessary
to
avoid
collision
with
the
floating
masses
of
ice
,
which
were
travelling
more
slowly
than
the
Paracuta
.
It
is
also
to
be
noted
that
,
on
the
southern
side
,
the
sky
was
frequently
lighted
up
by
the
broad
and
brilliant
rays
of
the
polar
aurora
.
The
temperature
fell
very
perceptibly
,
and
no
longer
rose
above
twenty
-
three
degrees
.
Forty
-
eight
hours
later
Captain
Len
Guy
and
his
brother
succeeded
with
great
difficulty
in
taking
an
approximate
observation
,
with
the
following
results
of
their
calculations
:
Latitude
:
75
°
17
’
south
.
