1 Soon after this he inquired if I thought that the breaking up of the ice had destroyed the other sledge.
2 Some weeks before this period I had procured a sledge and dogs and thus traversed the snows with inconceivable speed.
3 It was, in fact, a sledge, like that we had seen before, which had drifted towards us in the night on a large fragment of ice.
4 He is now much recovered from his illness and is continually on the deck, apparently watching for the sledge that preceded his own.
5 They fly quickly over the snow in their sledges; the motion is pleasant, and, in my opinion, far more agreeable than that of an English stagecoach.
6 The sledge was still visible, nor did I again lose sight of it except at the moments when for a short time some ice-rock concealed it with its intervening crags.
7 I quickly destroyed part of my sledge to construct oars, and by these means was enabled, with infinite fatigue, to move my ice raft in the direction of your ship.
8 I strained my sight to discover what it could be and uttered a wild cry of ecstasy when I distinguished a sledge and the distorted proportions of a well-known form within.
9 He manifested the greatest eagerness to be upon deck to watch for the sledge which had before appeared; but I have persuaded him to remain in the cabin, for he is far too weak to sustain the rawness of the atmosphere.
10 We perceived a low carriage, fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs, pass on towards the north, at the distance of half a mile; a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature, sat in the sledge and guided the dogs.