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           Obviously,Lake’sboringoperations,aswellashisaeroplaneactivities,wouldrequireagreatdealforthenewbasewhichheplannedtoestablishatthefootofthemountains;anditwaspossiblethattheeastwardflightmightnotbemade,afterall,thisseason. InconnectionwiththisbusinessIcalledCaptainDouglasandaskedhimtogetasmuchaspossibleoutoftheshipsandupthebarrierwiththesingledogteamwehadleftthere. AdirectrouteacrosstheunknownregionbetweenLakeandMcMurdoSoundwaswhatwereallyoughttoestablish. 

           LakecalledmelatertosaythathehaddecidedtoletthecampstaywhereMoulton’splanehadbeenforceddown,andwhererepairshadalreadyprogressedsomewhat. Theicesheetwasverythin,withdarkgroundhereandtherevisible,andhewouldsinksomeboringsandblastsatthatverypointbeforemakinganysledgetripsorclimbingexpeditions. Hespokeoftheineffablemajestyofthewholescene,andthequeerstateofhissensationsatbeingintheleeofvast,silentpinnacleswhoseranksshotuplikeawallreachingtheskyattheworld’srim. Atwood’stheodoliteobservationshadplacedtheheightofthefivetallestpeaksatfromthirtythousandtothirty-fourthousandfeet. ThewindsweptnatureoftheterrainclearlydisturbedLake,foritarguedtheoccasionalexistenceofprodigiousgales,violentbeyondanythingwehadsofarencountered. Hiscamplayalittlemorethanfivemilesfromwherethehigherfoothillsroseabruptly. Icouldalmosttraceanoteofsubconsciousalarminhiswords-flashedacrossaglacialvoidofsevenhundredmiles-asheurgedthatweallhastenwiththematterandgetthestrange,newregiondisposedofassoonaspossible. Hewasabouttorestnow,afteracontinuousday’sworkofalmostunparalleledspeed,strenuousness,andresults. 

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