 | 1899 - 1454 pages
...Frederick A. Cook. from the sun and from the stars indicated to us that we drifted from five to forty miles per day. It is a strange sensation to know that,...sea, and yet see nothing to indicate a movement. We passed no fixed point, and could see no pieces of ice stir; everything was quiet. The entire horizon... | |
 | American literature - 1899 - 766 pages
...Frederick A. Cook. from the sun and from the stars indicated to us that we drifted from five to forty miles per day. It is a strange sensation to know that,...sea, and yet see nothing to indicate a movement. We passed no fixed point, and could see no pieces of ice stir; everything was quiet. The entire horizon... | |
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positions which we obtain from the sun and from the stars indicate to us that we drift from five to ten miles per day. It is a strange sensation to know that, blown with the winds, you are moving rapidly over an unknown sea, and yet see nothing to indicate... 