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Fast in the Ice

Adventures in the Polar Regions

by R. M. Ballantyne

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  1. Introduction

    6:56

  2. At Sea, The First Storm

    10:15

  3. In the Ice, Dangers of Arctic Voyaging

    16:02

  4. Difficulties, Troubles, And Dangers

    16:03

  5. A Gale, Narrow Escapes, Signs Of Winter, Set Fast

    17:02

  6. Preparations for Wintering, Remarkable Adventures with a Bear

    18:12

  7. A Great Battle with the Walrus

    26:35

  8. The Cause of Ice-Bergs, Fox-Chase, A Bear

    14:11

  9. A Visit to the Eskimos, Wonderful Doings, A Mystery

    14:45

  10. The Tale of a Kite, A Great Bear-Fight

    12:56

  11. Christmas Time, Death, Return of Light and Hope, Disasters and Final Deliverance

    19:29

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A possible open sea around the North Pole sends Captain Harvey and the brig Hope north from England. Equipped for whaling but chiefly bound on discovery, the ship heads toward Greenland and Baffin's Bay. R. M. Ballantyne's 1863 adventure for young readers begins with a departure that weighs heavily on both the captain and the sailor Sam Baker, bringing family attachments into the story of exploration.

Arctic conditions soon make practical resourcefulness central to the narrative. The middle passage considers using kites to pull sledges, describes the moon circling above the horizon, and follows Gregory, Baker and Davy Butts across thin ice in search of walrus. Their approach pauses as they watch a polar hunter moving toward the animals. Readers interested in sea stories and survival fiction will find close attention to equipment, ice, wildlife and the men's responses to unfamiliar conditions.

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R. M. Ballantyne

R. M. Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scottish author of adventure fiction for the young. His years as a clerk for the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada gave him a taste for wild places, and he went on to write more than a hundred spirited tales of travel and survival.

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