At this moment a cry came from Barney in the engine room.
“Och, Misther Frank, wud yez be afther comin’ up here?”
Frank sprang up into the place.
Barney turned the electric light so that it fell upon a wreck lying upon the bed of the ocean.
It was the dismantled hull of a large ship.
Frank saw it and instantly turned the lever, which checked the progress of the boat.
He believed that it was worth while to investigate the wreck.
It undoubtedly would tell the story of some Arctic exploration which might be of service, and at least interesting to the voyagers.
Roger Harmon was at once interested when he saw what had occasioned the stop.
The Explorer was brought to a halt.