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Chapter 13. The Ice Bank

           "Justso,sirjustso,"Ireplied,gettinganimated.

           "Theonlydifficulty,"continuedCaptainNemo,"isthatofremainingseveraldayswithoutrenewingourprovisionofair."

           "Isthatall?TheNautilushasvastreservoirs;wecanfillthem,andtheywillsupplyuswithalltheoxygenwewant."

           "Wellthoughtof,M.Aronnax,"repliedtheCaptain,smiling."But,notwishingyoutoaccusemeofrashness,Iwillfirstgiveyouallmyobjections."

           "Haveyouanymoretomake?"

           "Onlyone.Itispossible,iftheseaexistsattheSouthPole,thatitmaybecovered;and,consequently,weshallbeunabletocometothesurface."

           "Good,sir!butdoyouforgetthattheNautilusisarmedwithapowerfulspur,andcouldwenotsenditdiagonallyagainstthesefieldsofice,whichwouldopenattheshocks."

           "Ah!sir,youarefullofideasto-day."

           "Besides,Captain,"Iadded,enthusiastically,"whyshouldwenotfindtheseaopenattheSouthPoleaswellasattheNorth?Thefrozenpolesoftheearthdonotcoincide,eitherinthesouthernorinthenorthernregions;and,untilitisprovedtothecontrary,wemaysupposeeitheracontinentoranoceanfreefromiceatthesetwopointsoftheglobe."

           "Ithinksotoo,M.Aronnax,"repliedCaptainNemo."Ionlywishyoutoobservethat,afterhavingmadesomanyobjectionstomyproject,youarenowcrushingmewithargumentsinitsfavour!"

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