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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
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Captain Adam Seaborn
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On
the
other
hand,
it
does
not
recede
so
far
as
to
withdraw
its
rays
from
the
pole
for
a
single
hour
during
seven
months
of
the
year.
This
we
know;
and
you
can
imagine,
from
the
effect
of
a
March
sun,
which
in
your
country,
Mr.
Slim,
loosens
the
icy
fetters
of
winter,
although
withdrawn
one
half
of
the
time,
what
must
be
its
effect
when
exerting
its
influence
for
months
without
any
interruption?
Now
in
latitude
70°,
with
the
exception
of
a
few
days,
there
is
an
interval
of
night
the
year
round.
In
the
winter
months
the
climate
cannot
differ
much
from
that
of
the
pole.
The
cold
is
then
no
doubt
severe,
and
forms
ice
in
both
those
positions.
In
the
early
part
of
summer,
that
is,
September,
October,
and
November,
there
is
at
the
pole
a
steady
blaze
of
heat
and
light,
which
must
melt
the
ice
accumulated
in
winter,
by
causing
a
constant
thaw.
This
sunshine
continues
at
the
pole
till
the
1st
of
April,
and
prevents
the
forming
of
ice
until
that
time.
But
at
70°,
there
is,
through
most
of
these
months,
a
short
period
of
night,
sufficient
for
the
atmosphere
to
cool.
This
will
be
more
obvious,
if
we
consider
the
powerful
influence
of
the
ice,
during
this
absence
of
the
sun's
rays,
and
remember
the
great
change
of
temperature
which
occurs
in
our
climate
immediately
after
sunset
at
the
close
of
a
sunny
day
in
February
or
March.
This
interval
of
night
in
latitude
70°,
counteracts
most
of
the
effects
of
the
sun's
heat
in
the
day
time.
Nearly
as
much
ice
forms
in
the
night
as
is
thawed
during
the
day.
This
accounts
for
the
'icy
hoop.'
There
is
not
summer
enough
to
dissipate
the
ice
of
winter;
while
at
the
pole
there
is
summer
enough
to
dissolve
a
globe
of
ice."
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