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THE GEEMAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 



the burning spirit had been spilt, was in flames ; we burnt 

 fur hoods and gloves in trying to put it out. The 

 sufferers then drew fur stockings over their hands. 



The cooking apparatus, filled either with ice or snow, 

 is in full activity ; the temperature rises rapidly ; heavy 

 clouds of smoke fill the tent, so that one cannot see one's 



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hand; a burning candle has the appearance of a halo 

 round a moon ; a Hght rain falls from the thoroughly wet 

 walls of the tent, which, after becoming steam, at once 



