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The next day we had a fresh breeze from the north, 

 with fog. But we needed a clear prospect, in order to 

 decide upon the desirability of the stations chosen; as 

 we often had to give them up, when from any change in 

 the refraction the distant station could not be seen. At 

 about half -past one we reached the summit ; to the north 

 and west was still a clear view, and we recognized all 



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that we had observed the year before relating to the 

 extent of land and the formation of the mountains. 

 Clavering Island, with its jagged points and rounded 

 tops, seemed quite near. But there were signs of an 

 approaching storm, and though from our stand-point we 

 were at least eight nautical miles from open water, and 

 eighteen from the drifting ice, we could still hear the 



