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Alternative History · 1860 · English

The World of Ice

by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

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An Arctic voyage leaves its travelers facing a winter among the ice, with accounts of their surroundings, encounters, and efforts to endure the northern conditions.

From the opening pages: “Nobody ever caught John Buzzby asleep by any chance whatever. No weasel was ever half so sensitive on that point as he was. Wherever he happened to be (and in the course of his adventurous life he had been to nearly all parts of the known world) he was the first awake in the morning and the last asleep at night; he always answered promptly to the first call; and was never known by any man living to have been seen with his eyes shut, except when he winked, and that operation he performed less frequently than other…”

Author
R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
First published
1860
Category
Alternative History
Language
English

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