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The crew glide to and fro like the ghosts of buried
centuries. Their eyes have an eager and uneasy meaning, and
Editor: Jennifer Robinson when their figures cross my path in the wild glare of the
battle-latterns, I feel as I have never felt before.
When I look around me, I feel ashamed of my former
LearningIsland.org fears. I trembled at the blast of a warring of wind and ocean,
but now I find the words tornado and typhoon trivial and
ineffective!
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All in the immediate vicinity of the ship is the blackness
of eternal night, and a chaos of foamless water. But, about a
No part of this publication may be reproduced, or stored in any
mile on either side of us, are stupendous ramparts of ice.
retrieval system, or transmitted by any form or any means
electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise They tower away into the desolate sky, looking like the walls
without written permission of the publisher. of the universe.
If you have paid any amount of money for this book, it is a
As I imagined, the ship proves to be in a current. It is a
violation of copyright laws. Please contact us at wild current; a tide which, howling and shrieking by the
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speed.
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