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Things may mend for him on the glacier, and his wounds get some respite under warmer conditions. I am indeed glad to think we shall so soon have done with plateau conditions. It took us 27 days to reach the Pole and 21 days back in all 48 days nearly 7 weeks in low temperature with almost incessant wind. End of the Summit Journey Wednesday, February 7. Height 7100.
So here we are practically on the summit and up to date in the provision line. We ought to get through. The Summit Journey to the Pole On the Flyleaf. Average 36. Friday, December 22. Camp 44, about 7100 feet. T. -1°. Bar. 22.3. This, the third stage of our journey, is opening with good promise.
Its next move therefore was eastward to Chicago, where it acquired the Chicago and St. Louis Railroad between Chicago and Streator, Illinois, and then constructed lines between the latter point and the Missouri River. During the same year the company opened branches southward to the Gulf of Mexico, until by May, 1888, the entire system comprised 7100 miles.
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