Chapter 35 A MATTER OF MINUTES

The floes through which Stirling guided the ship became larger and higher. Old "grandpas" drifted by-their sides honeycombed by the action of the water. These floes had broken from the true pack and had come south through Smith Sound. Icebergs were to be expected, since the coast of Greenland was filled with glaciers. Stirling peered forward and se