Captain
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What think you?""I think we're trapped, captain."
"So, Professor Aronnax, you think the Nautilus won't be able to float clear?""Only with the greatest difficulty, captain, since the season is already too advanced for you to depend on an ice breakup."
I asked, gaping at the
captain.
"Yes," the
captain
replied coolly, "the Antarctic pole, that unknown spot crossed by every meridian on the globe.
"I'd like to believe you, captain," I went on in a tone of some sarcasm.
But on the other hand, if open sea washes the pole, we'll go to that very place!""Right," I said, carried away by the
captain'
s logic.
"Good thinking, Professor Aronnax," the
captain
replied with a smile.
"Ah, professor, you're full of ideas today!""Besides, captain," I added with still greater enthusiasm, "why wouldn't we find open sea at the South Pole just as at the North Pole?
I asked the captain, my heart pounding.
"No matter how faintly it shines, it will be enough for me," the
captain
replied.
Two crewmen carrying instruments, the captain, Conseil, and I were on board.
"Yes, sir," the
captain
replied, "and if I have no hesitation in treading this polar soil, it's because no human being until now has left a footprint here."
"Until tomorrow," the
captain
said simply; and we went back to the Nautilus, amid flurries in the air.
The beached skiff had brought the
captain
ashore.
"Why easy, captain?""Because when the orb of day sweeps in such long spirals, it's difficult to measure its exact altitude above the horizon, and our instruments are open to committing serious errors."
For a man out of practice at treading land, the
captain
scaled the steepest slopes with a supple agility I couldn't equal, and which would have been envied by hunters of Pyrenees mountain goats.
On January 17, 1773, the famous
Captain
Cook went along the 38th meridian, arriving at latitude 67 degrees 30'; and on January 30, 1774, along the 109th meridian, he reached latitude 71 degrees 15'.
"In the name of which sovereign, captain?""In my own name, sir!"
But some moments later, when he turned to me, I threw back at him a phrase he had used in the Torres Strait:"An incident, captain?""No, sir," he replied, "this time an accident."
The
captain
went out, and soon I saw that at his orders, the Nautilus had halted its upward movement.
Just then the
captain
entered the lounge.
I stared at the
captain.
The
captain
then broke into speech:"Gentlemen," he said in a calm voice, "there are two ways of dying under the conditions in which we're placed."
"As for asphyxiation, captain," I replied, "that isn't a cause for alarm, because the air tanks are full."
"Well then, captain, let's free ourselves within forty-eight hours!""We'll try to at least, by cutting through one of these walls surrounding us."
If I can be helpful to the captain, he can use me any way he wants."
I informed the
captain
of Ned's proposition, which was promptly accepted.
Before digging into the ice, the
captain
had to obtain borings, to insure working in the best direction.
The
captain
understood and gave me a signal to follow him.
I asked, not catching the
captain'
s meaning.
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