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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
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Captain Adam Seaborn
26
On
the
10th
of
October
we
approached
the
principal
harbour
of
South
Georgia,
which
I
had
no
intention
to
enter
unless
there
was
an
appearance
of
an
unusual
abundance
of
seal
on
the
coast.
When
near
the
harbour
we
discovered
two
ships
lying
there
with
their
topmasts
struck.
This
was
evidence
that
there
was
no
chance
for
us
in
that
quarter.
I
now
told
my
officers
and
people
that
I
thought
it
useless
to
contend
with
those
already
in
possession
of
the
island
for
the
few
seal
it
could
afford,
and
thought
it
most
advisable
to
proceed
in
search
of
Sandwich
land;
where,
no
doubt,
we
could
speedily
obtain
a
full
cargo
of
skins,
if
we
could
find
it,
of
which
I
expressed
great
confidence.
I
strengthened
their
hopes
by
assuring
them
that
there
was
no
doubt
in
my
mind
of
the
existence
of
extensive
bodies
of
land
within
the
antarctic
circle,
which
quarter
had
scarcely
been
looked
into
by
Christian
navigators,
and
that
my
opinion
was
founded
upon
the
fact
that
Cook,
and
other
navigators,
had
seen
large
bodies
of
ice
in
latitude
70°
to
71°
south.
This
fact,
I
said,
indicated
the
existence
of
land,
because
ice
could
not
form
in
a
deep
salt
sea
uninterrupted
by
land,
and
agitated
by
the
violent
winds
and
currents
of
the
polar
region.
I
urged
that
we
had
but
to
persevere
in
our
researches
in
high
southern
latitudes,
to
make
sure
of
finding
land,
which
would
yield
us
ample
fortunes,
for
all
southern
islands,
when
first
discovered,
were
found
to
abound
in
seal.
Mr.
Slim,
the
third
mate,
expressed
some
apprehension,
that
great
danger
might
be
encountered
in
high
southern
latitudes;
that
if
we
found
land,
the
ice
might
close
upon
us
and
prevent
our
return
to
our
country,
as
it
once
served
a
colony
in
Greenland.
I
was
not
much
pleased
with
this.
I
have
no
patience
with
an
officer
who
suggests
doubts
and
difficulties
when
I
have
a
grand
project
in
view.
I
marked
him,
but
at
the
same
time
pretended
to
listen
to
his
observations,
as
objections
of
great
weight,
and
then
proceeded
to
remove
them
from
the
minds
of
the
officers
and
people,
by
advancing
the
following
reasons
for
my
belief
that
the
supposition
of
extreme
cold
at
the
pole
was
altogether
gratuitous.
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