ILLUSTRATIONS
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| [The cave was filled with dazzling light ] | [Frontis.] |
| [Charlie and Walt enjoyed the bare-back rides] | [80] |
| [He hailed the quarter-deck] | [160] |
| [It was the best of fun] | [264] |
BOOK I
FAR AWAY IN THE FROZEN NORTH
IN THE GREAT WHITE LAND
CHAPTER I
DAYDAWN IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS—WERE THEY SAVAGES?
“Is it a man, or is it a young Polar bear standing on end?”
Had any one seen that strange figure, shuffling slowly to and fro on the snow-clad Polar ice on this bitterly cold morning late in winter, he might have been excused for asking himself that question.