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Title: A voyage to the arctic in the whaler Aurora
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Lindsay, David Moore, 1862-
Subjects: Aurora (Ship) Whaling
Publisher: Boston : Dana Estes & Co.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ed to the ice or stuck in our immediatevicinity. We were hooked on in a large lake andclose to us there were a number of great bergs.During the morning I took the dingey and rowedamongst them, as there was no floe ice near. The silence was very impressive, the only soundbeing that made by the splashing of water as ittrickled down the icy sides of the bergs, or thecry of some seabird. I traced the base of oneof these hoary giants a long way into the depths,but the water of the Arctic sea is by no meansclear, owing to the vast numbers of animalculaewhich inhabit it. I shot a big bag of little auks here, but was care-ful not to do any shooting whilst close to the bergs,as the concussion might have brought down ice.During the afternoon the floe opened a little, andthe expedition ships came close to us, but the NovaZemhla and Triune still appeared to be held inthe pack. We all watched like hawks for a chanceto reach the Duck Islands, now only a few milesahead. Greely might have been there.
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IN THE WHALER AURORA 129 June 6th. Friday. This was one of the mostexciting days we had—eight of ns all on edge andeach trying to get ahead of his neighbor. Thisfriendly rivalry added zest to the trip. We werequite close to the Duck Islands, which made thestarting point of the Melville Bay passage. The day was glorious and we spent most of itfast to a floe. The exciting thing was when latein the evening a crack occurred near the Arctic.It was not more than a mile or two across the floeto the open water at the Duck Islands, and thiscrack appeared to extend the whole way. Whenit was wide enough the Arctic and Aurora imme-diately entered, but before we had gone any dis-tance, the ice closed astern of us, preventmg anyof the others entering. For a short time we werecaught, and it looked like the nips, then the floeseemed to swing, closing behind us and openingin front, so that we steamed away with a cheer,leaving the others barred out. The -Bear, aftera short tune, succeeded in breaking

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