Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 110
t the helm of the leadingboat, misled by the irregular shape of a large icebergthat crossed his track, had lost the main lead sometime before, and was steering shoreward far out of thetrue course. The little canal in which he had lockedus was hardly two boats-lengths across, and lost itselfnot far… … drying the clothing and stores, made a camp on the ice.A few hours after, the weather cleared enough for thefirst time to allow a view of the distance, and McGaryand myself climbed a berg some three hundred feethigh for the purpose. It was truly fearful: we weredeep in the recesses of the bay,…
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