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“

That

is

an

important

observation

,

captain

,

and

it

justifies

your

opinion

with

regard

to

an

open

sea

.

”

“

Yes

,

open

—

at

least

,

for

ten

degrees

behind

the

icebergs

.

Let

us

then

only

get

through

that

obstacle

,

and

our

greatest

difficulty

will

have

been

conquered

.

You

were

right

in

saying

that

the

existence

of

that

open

sea

has

been

formally

recognized

by

Weddell

.

”

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“

And

by

Arthur

Pym

,

captain

.

”

“

And

by

Arthur

Pym

.

”

From

the

15th

of

December

the

difficulties

of

navigation

increased

with

the

number

of

the

drifting

masses

.

The

wind

,

however

,

continued

to

be

uniformly

favourable

,

showing

no

tendency

to

veer

to

the

south

.

The

breeze

freshened

now

and

then

,

and

we

had

to

take

in

sail

.

When

this

occurred

we

saw

the

sea

foaming

along

the

sides

of

the

ice

packs

,

covering

them

with

spray

like

the

rocks

on

the

coast

of

a

floating

island

,

but

without

hindering

their

onward

march

.

Our

crew

could

not

fail

to

be

impressed

by

the

sight

of

the

schooner

making

her

way

through

these

moving

masses

;

the

new

men

among

them

,

at

least

,

for

the

old

hands

had

seen

such

manoeuvres

before

.

But

they

soon

became

accustomed

to

it

,

and

took

it

all

for

granted

.

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It

was

necessary

to

organize

the

look

-

out

ahead

with

the

greatest

care

.

West

had

a

cask

fixed

at

the

head

of

the

foremast

—

what

is

called

a

crow

’

s

-

nest

—

and

from

thence

an

unremitting

watch

was

kept

.

The

16th

was

a

day

of

excessive

fatigue

to

the

men

.

The

packs

and

drifts

were

so

close

that

only

very

narrow

and

winding

passage

-

way

between

them

was

to

be

found

,

so

that

the

working

of

the

ship

was

more

than

commonly

laborious

.

Under

these

circumstances

,

none

of

the

men

grumbled

,

but

Hunt

distinguished

himself

by

his

activity

.

Indeed

,

he

was

admitted

by

Captain

Len

Guy

and

the

crew

to

be

an

incomparable

seaman

.

But

there

was

something

mysterious

about

him

that

excited

the

curiosity

of

them

all

.

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