Show life aboard nn an arctic bout the days and weeks pass without our taking any account of them we get up nt at in the morning at 7 we feed the logs dogs at 8 we have bare breakfast and at 12 we dine then we e work till when we have bare supper w after which we smoke and play cards or chess till bedtime it Is not at all cold rarely does the thermometer descend below zero yesterday the sun shone gloriously the ice lee reflected it with a blinding glare and in brilliant colors the ship has withstood all the assaults of the ice lee it Is splendid to see how it breaks up ice lee that la Is sometimes three or four feel feet thick at other times thries when it Is even thicker the ship Is rushed against it at full steam the shock hock splits and breaks it very often for a distance of 40 or 60 50 yards the duke of abruzzi Is always on the bridge and loses no opportunity of getting tin ahead sometimes be docs does not even come down to his meals whenever we get the smallest opening he be orders us to go on and we are gla glad of at it because the more we advance at tit tho th present time the less we shall have to do nest next year lesins monthly |