AN ANTARCTIC MYSTERY - 10

by Jules Verne in English Adventure Stories

CHAPTER X. THE OUTSET OF THE ENTERPRISE. Here was I, then, launched into an adventure which seemed likely to surpass all my former experiences. Who would have believed such a thing of me. But I was under a spell ...Read Moredrew me towards the unknown, that unknown of the polar world whose secrets so many daring pioneers had in vain essayed to penetrate. And this time, who could tell but that the sphinx of the Antarctic regions would speak for the first time to human ears! The new crew had firstly to apply themselves to learning their several duties, and Read Less