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Updated: May 23, 2025
The only consolation was, that probably it was not true; so immediately after dinner we boarded the honest Sea-horseman who was reported to have brought the dismal intelligence. He turned out to be a very cheery intelligent fellow of about five-and-thirty, six feet high, with a dashing "devil-may-care" manner that completely imposed upon me.
As to OUR getting there it was out of the question. So spake the Sea-horseman. On returning on board the "Foam" I gave myself up to the most gloomy reflections. This, then, was to be the result of all my preparations and long-meditated schemes. What likelihood was there of success, after so unfavourable a verdict? Ipse dixit, equus marinus.
Before we had got within six miles of the shore, it became evident that the report of the Hammerfest Sea-horseman was too true. Between us and the land there extended an impenetrable barrier of packed ice, running due east and west, as far as the eye could reach. What was now to be done?
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