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they bathed four at a time. They were several times snowed 

 up, and the house was absolutely buried. Though half a league 

 from the sea, they heard the horrible cracking and groaning of 

 the ice as the bcr^s settled down one upon the other, or as the 



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huge mountains burst asunder. On one occasion, unable to 

 support the cold, they made a fire in their house with coal 

 brought from the ship. It was the first moment of comfort 



