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About two o'clock in the morning Erik and Mr. Hersebom, exhausted with / fatigue, laid down side by side between two casks, under the canvas that / protected their provisions. Kaas, also, was close to them and kept them / warm with his thick fur. They were not long in falling asleep. When they / awoke the sun was already high in the heavens, the sky was blue and the / sea calm. The immense bank of ice upon which they were floating appeared / to be motionless, its movement was so gentle and regular. But along the / two edges of it which were nearest to them enormous icebergs were being / carried along with frightful rapidity. These gigantic crystals reflected / like a prism the solar rays, and they were the most marvelous that Erik / had ever beheld.
Mr. Hersebom also, although but little inclined in general, and / especially in his present situation, to admire the splendor of Nature in / the arctic regions, could not help being impressed with them.