NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



promptly pointed approximately in the direction 

 where we had located the settlement. He was given 

 the helm and at once set the course. He seemed to 

 be entirely at home at the wheel and about the mid- 

 dle of the afternoon he brought us through its nar- 

 row entrance into the harbor of Holstensborg, 

 which is hidden from the sea and easily missed. As 

 we were later to learn, the approaches to the harbor 

 are strewn with dangerous reefs, so that a definite 

 narrow course must be followed to insure safety. 



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