NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



and deep down in the water we could see many 

 jelly-fish, which are by no means rare in these 

 cold waters. 



On the fourteenth we were off Cape Harrison. 

 The wind had now stiffened again and we were 

 soon racing along at an eleven knot gait with the 

 wind on the starboard beam. Had this wind held 

 we should have been at Belle Isle the following 

 night. 



About the middle of the night we were awakened 

 by a great shock to the ship which members of the 

 Putnam Party said was equal to the shock felt 

 when the Morrissey went on the reef near North- 

 umberland Island. Old Tom, who was at the helm, 

 had let the ship wear until the mainsail had gone 

 over in a jibe nearly taking out the masts. Next 

 morning the wind died away again and was off the 

 land. These frequent changes have meant for us 

 much making and shortening of sail. We are now 

 approaching the straits, but in our crippled con- 

 dition we require an east wind in order to enter 

 them. On the night of the fourteenth few of us 

 were able to sleep. The radio seemed to be 

 particularly noisy and brought about acrimoni- 

 ous remarks from the would-be sleepers. About 

 two o'clock one of the crew executed a double 

 shuffle on the deck over our heads and "Art" Young 



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