He saw that no ice was in the way nor any obstruction of material sort.
The Explorer was sent ahead at quite a rapid pace.
It was certainly a remarkable sensation to travel through the water in this manner.
Roger Harmon was in the pilot-house with Frank.
Many and wonderful were the sights which were revealed to the gaze of the explorers.
The ocean caves and their myriads of inhabitants, with the variety of sea monsters, cetaceans, crabs and octopus, all formed a wonderful study.
The Explorer kept on for hours in this way.
Now the bed of the sea descended into deep valleys, or again rose into high eminences or ranges of under sea hills.
It was necessary to keep the search-light constantly at work.
Frank Reade, Jr., stayed by the wheel, all the while dodging obstructions, now lifting the boat, now lowering it in conformity with the undulating bed of the sea.