“So I thought,” said Frank. “You are right in the edge of the pack. It should not be difficult to get a channel through.”
But Captain Hardy shook his head.
“Too much ice!”
“If you could reach the open sea you could get north, couldn’t you?”
“Oh, yes! the current has already set northward,” replied the captain.
“Then have courage,” cried Frank, “for I will pull you out of the hole!”
The captain was amazed.
“You?”
“Yes.”
“But—how?”