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           Noneofourexploringpartyhadeverbeeninthepolarregionsbefore,henceweallreliedgreatlyonourshipcaptains-J.B.Douglas,commandingthebrigArkham,andservingascommanderoftheseaparty,andGeorgThorflnnssen,commandingthebarqueMiskatonic-bothveteranwhalersinantarcticwaters. 

           Aswelefttheinhabitedworldbehind,thesunsanklowerandlowerinthenorth,andstayedlongerandlongerabovethehorizoneachday. Atabout62°SouthLatitudewesightedourfirsticebergs-tablelikeobjectswithverticalsides-andjustbeforereachingtheantarcticcircle,whichwecrossedonOctober20thwithappropriatelyquaintceremonies,wewereconsiderablytroubledwithfieldice. Thefallingtemperaturebotheredmeconsiderablyafterourlongvoyagethroughthetropics,butItriedtobraceupfortheworserigorstocome. Onmanyoccasionsthecuriousatmosphericeffectsenchantedmevastly;theseincludingastrikinglyvividmirage-thefirstIhadeverseen-inwhichdistantbergsbecamethebattlementsofunimaginablecosmiccastles. 

           Pushingthroughtheice,whichwasfortunatelyneitherextensivenorthicklypacked,weregainedopenwateratSouthLatitude67°,EastLongitude175°. OnthemorningofOctober26thastronglandblinkappearedonthesouth,andbeforenoonweallfeltathrillofexcitementatbeholdingavast,lofty,andsnow-cladmountainchainwhichopenedoutandcoveredthewholevistaahead. Atlastwehadencounteredanoutpostofthegreatunknowncontinentanditscrypticworldoffrozendeath. ThesepeakswereobviouslytheAdmiraltyRangediscoveredbyRoss,anditwouldnowbeourtasktoroundCapeAdareandsaildowntheeastcoastofVictoriaLandtoourcontemplatedbaseontheshoreofMcMurdoSound,atthefootofthevolcanoErebusinSouthLatitude77°9’. 

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