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1、In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea 在辽远的海极AcoupleoflargeshipsweresentuptowardtheNorthPole,todiscovertheboundariesoflandandseaandhowfaritwouldbepossibleforthehumanracetopenetrateinthatdirection.Ayearandadayhadalreadypassed,andwithgreatdifficultytheyhadtraveledhighupamidmistandice.Nowwinterhadset
2、inagain;thesunwasgone,andonelongnightwouldlastformany,manyweeks.Allaroundthemwasavast,unbrokenplainofice,andshipsweremooredfasttotheiceitself.Thesnowwaspiledhigh,andhutsweremadeofitinshapeofbeehives,someasbigasourbarrows,othersjustlargeenoughtogiveshelterfortwoorfourmen.However,itwasn'tdark,f
3、orthenorthernlightsflashedredandblue-itwaslikeeverlasting,splendidfireworks-andthesnowglitteredbrightly;herethenightwasonelong,blazingtwilight.Atthetimewhenitwasbrightest,troopsofnativescame,strange-lookingfigures,dressedinhairyskinsanddraggingsleighsmadefromiceblocks.Theybroughtskinsinlargeb
4、undles,whichservedaswarmrugsforthesnowhutsandwereusedasbedsandbedblankets,uponwhichthesailorscouldrest,whileoutsidethecoldwasmoreintensethanweeverexperienceeveninourseverestwinters.Andthesailorsrememberedthatathomeitwasstillautumn,andtheythoughtofthewarmsunbeamsandthegloriouscrimsonandgoldoft
5、heleavesstillclingingtothetrees.Theclockshoweditwaseveningandtimeforgoingtobed,andinoneofthesnowhutstwosailorshadalreadylaindowntorest.Theyoungerofthesetwohadwithhimhismosttreasuredpossessionfromhome,theBiblethathisgrandmotherhadgivenhimatparting.Fromchildhoodhehadknownwhatwaswritteninit;ever
6、ynightitwasunderhispillow,andeverydayhereadaportion;andoftenashelayonhiscouchherememberedthosewordsofholycomfort,"IfItakethewingsofthemorninganddwellintheuttermostpartsofthesea;eventhereshallthyhandleadme,andthyrighthandshallholdme."Undertheinfluenceofthosesublimewordsoffaith,heclosedhiseyes.
7、Sleepcametohim,anddreamscamewithsleep.Hedreamedthat,althoughthebodymaysleep,thesoulmusteverbeawake.Hefeltthislife,andheseemedtoheartheoldwell-knownsongssodeartohim;agentlesummerbreezeseemedtobreatheuponhim,andalightshonedownuponhiscouch,astho
