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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
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Captain Adam Seaborn
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A
great
obstacle
presented
itself
at
the
outset.
The
aid
of
steam
in
the
navigation
of
my
ship,
was
necessary
to
render
my
enterprise
safe
and
expeditious
against
the
adverse
circumstances
which
I
was
sure
to
meet.
But
steam
vessels
were
adapted
only
to
smooth
water.
Every
attempt
to
employ
them
upon
the
ocean
had
been
unsuccessful.
I
foresaw
that
I
must
have
a
vessel
capable
of
encountering
severe
gales
in
a
dense
atmosphere,
of
being
rapidly
impelled
against
strong
currents,
both
of
wind
and
water,
and
of
surmounting,
without
harm,
the
impetuous
tides,
and
resisting
the
violent
winds
to
be
expected
in
the
polar
seas.
Moreover,
she
must
be
of
such
strength
as
to
sustain
the
shock
of
floating
ice,
or
of
taking
the
ground;
and
of
such
capacity
as
to
contain
fuel
and
provisions
for
at
least
fifty
men
for
three
years,
with
apartments
from
which
the
external
air
could
be
excluded,
and
which
might
be
artificially
warmed
during
the
rigours
of
a
polar
winter.
But
he
whose
soul
is
fired
with
the
true
spirit
of
discovery,
is
not
to
be
dismayed.
I
saw
the
end,
and
instantly
began
to
use
the
means
of
attaining
it.
I
caused
a
steam
vessel
of
400
tons
to
be
constructed
with
double
frames;
the
timbers
being
inclined
from
a
perpendicular
about
45
degrees;
so
that
the
outer
set
crossed
the
others
at
right
angles.
The
timbers
were
let
into
each
other
to
the
depth
of
three
inches,
and
were
secured
by
powerful
bolts.
This
structure
of
massive
grating
was
incalculably
firmer
than
the
frame
of
a
ship
could
possibly
be
made
upon
the
ordinary
plan.
The
bottom
was
covered
with
four
inch
plank,
over
which,
after
they
were
fastened
and
caulked,
a
layer
of
three
inch
plank
was
put
on;
and
the
whole
was
sheathed
with
copper
of
unusual
thickness.
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