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... tide being at the slack , and the ice at a stand- still , everything was most awful quiet . It must have been night , though not very dark , for the northern streamers were shooting overhead , and the ice and the water together kept up ...
... tide being at the slack , and the ice at a stand- still , everything was most awful quiet . It must have been night , though not very dark , for the northern streamers were shooting overhead , and the ice and the water together kept up ...
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... tide was rippling strong against the ship's bows , the dogs flying about on deck , snapping and barking at the gulls and other birds that were about . I went up , set about light- ing a fire in the caboose , got my breakfast , and began ...
... tide was rippling strong against the ship's bows , the dogs flying about on deck , snapping and barking at the gulls and other birds that were about . I went up , set about light- ing a fire in the caboose , got my breakfast , and began ...
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... tide and a fair wind in our favour . There had been two at it then , however , and I had to look to working her out on a slant , to get any wind that was likely . This required more canvas , and the job was how to get it out of the sail ...
... tide and a fair wind in our favour . There had been two at it then , however , and I had to look to working her out on a slant , to get any wind that was likely . This required more canvas , and the job was how to get it out of the sail ...
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... tide , if the wind suited . I brought the forward gear as far aft toward the wheel as I could , by means of leading and snatch blocks , even practising Tweed , mean- while , how to stand by a belaying - pin . The dog was willing enough ...
... tide , if the wind suited . I brought the forward gear as far aft toward the wheel as I could , by means of leading and snatch blocks , even practising Tweed , mean- while , how to stand by a belaying - pin . The dog was willing enough ...
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... tide , it was all up with the ship . On the other hand , if the sou ' - westers set in steady , there was no doubt they would set us up either to the ice again , or right on the Greenland coast . The nearer the chance came , the shakier ...
... tide , it was all up with the ship . On the other hand , if the sou ' - westers set in steady , there was no doubt they would set us up either to the ice again , or right on the Greenland coast . The nearer the chance came , the shakier ...
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