The Open Polar Sea A narrative of a voyage of discovery towards the North pole, in the schooner "United States"

CHAPTER XXIV.

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Starting on my First Journey.--Object of the Journey.--A Mishap.--A Fresh Start.--The First Camp.--Hartstene's Cairn.--Exploring a Track.--A New Style of Snow-Hut.--An Uncomfortable Night.--Low Temperature.--Effect of Temperature on the Snow.--Among the Hummocks.--Sighting Humboldt Glacier.--The Track impracticable to the Main Party.--Van Rensselaer Harbor.--Fate of the _Advance_.--A Drive in a Gale

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