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egionwithasuperficiesofmorethanfivemillionsofsquaremiles
hasremainedwhatourspheroidwasduringtheglacialperiod.Inthe
summerthesouthernzoneasweallknowenjoysperpetualdayowing
totheraysprojectedbytheorboflightaboveitshorizoninhisspiralas-
cent.Thensosoonashehasdisappearedthelongnightsetsinanight
which is frequently illumined by the polar aurora or Northern Lights.
Itwasthenintheseasonoflightthatourschoonerwasabouttosailin
theseformidableregions.Thepermanentbrightnesswouldnotfailus
beforeweshouldhavereachedTsalalIslandwherewefeltnodoubtof
finding the men of theJane
.
WhenCaptainLenGuyWestandtheoldsailorsofthecrewlearned
thattheschoonerhadclearedthesixty-sixthparalleloflatitudetheir
roughandsunburntfacesshonewithsatisfaction.ThenextdayHur-
liguerlyaccostedmeonthedeckwithabroadsmileandacheerful
manner.
“SothenMr.Jeorling”saidhe“we’veleftthefamous‘Circle’behind
us [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!”
“Not far enoughboatswainnot far enough [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!”
“Ohthat will come! But I am disappointed.”
“In what way?”
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“Because we have not done what is usual on board ships
on crossing the Line [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!”
“You regret that?”
“CertainlyIdoandthe
Halbrane
mighthavebeenallowedthecere-
mony of a southern baptism.”
“Abaptism?Andwhomwouldyouhayilai:
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