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Show Spitsbergen. For tho first timo I learned, from an eyowitness, something about Spitsbergen, Spitsber-gen, that desert Arctic Island, 500 miles north of tho North Capo of Norway Nor-way and within TOO miles of tho north pole; a frost-desolated land, whero tho grass grows longer than tho trees, and huge- glaciers In the Ice-brldgod valleys amid the Jagged mountains move majestically down Into tho sea, until mighty Icebergs, a monstrous birth, break ntt and rlso to tho surfaco nmld thunderous roports once tho only sound that broko tho profound sllonco of thoso awful solitudes. Spltzbcrgen Is the only spot of earth that Is positively known as No Man's Land; It Is tho possession of no country, coun-try, and has nothing oven resembling a specified government. The Island seoms Itkoly to remain No Man's Land, though It Is said that an effort has been made by Norway to establish somo sort of protectorate over It. National Magazine. |