Adventurers of the Far North

Adventurers of the Far North
A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas

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Adventurers of the Far North by Stephen Leacock

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Adventurers of the Far North
A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas

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The Great Elizabethan Navigators -- Hearne's Overland Journey to the Northern Ocean -- Mackenzie Descends The Great River of the North -- The Memorable Exploits of Sir John Franklin -- The Tragedy of Franklin's Fate -- Epilogue. The Conquest of the Pole

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th of it, made him think that this was truly the highway to the Orient. He judged that the land seen to the north was part of Asia, reaching out and overlapping the American continent. For many days heavy weather and fog and the danger of the drifting ice prevented a landing. The month of August opened with calm seas and milder weather. Frobisher and his men were able to land in the ship's boat. They found before them a desolate and uninviting prospect, a rock-bound coast fringed with islands and with the huge masses of grounded icebergs.

For nearly a month Frobisher's ship stood on and off the coast. Fresh water was taken on board. In a convenient spot the ship was beached and at low tide repairs were made and leaks were stopped in the strained timbers of her hull. In the third week, canoes of savages were seen, and presently the natives were induced to come on board the Gabriel and barter furs for looking-glasses and trinkets. The savages were 'like Tartars with long black hair, broad faces,

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