“All roight, sor.”
Barney went to the switchboard and set the Explorer’s course for the distant berg.
Rapidly the berg drew nearer.
It was one of enormous size, seeming fully a half mile in length.
It was broken up into pinnacles and mighty peaks of clear, shining ice.
Truly in the sunlight it made a beautiful spectacle.
Frank and Barney went below and donned fur suits.
Pomp was ready to do the same, as they were now in latitudes sufficiently cold for that.
It had been decided that Pomp was to remain aboard the Explorer.
Frank and Barney were armed with rifles and carried axes in their belts. They also carried steel-tipped poles for climbing the ice cliffs.