The fog cleared almost as quickly as it had descended. The sun sat high in the sky, but at these

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From nowhere something slashed at my arm, ripping through my woollen sleeve and tearing into my flesh. The knife fell

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The chill, sharp as a knife, cut straight through my woollens and oilskins as if they were thin linen. It

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The thick, acrid reek of powder smoke filled the steerage compartment, burning my nostrils and clawing at my already parched

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My cabin was cast in an eerie white glow. No sun could penetrate that thick, freezing fog pressing against the

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I tapped the glass of my compass frantically, but it was useless. The brass needle swung wildly, first clockwise before

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Throwing my weight into the steering oar, my shoulders and back screamed from the brutal effort of keeping the small

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The foul stench was the first thing to hit me. A putrid mix of stagnant bilge water and the pungent

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The black clouds boiled overhead. The hushed sound of the oars pulling our two small whaleboats through the ever-thickening sludge

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Gunnar! Søren! Iver! Nils’ and Christian’s boats had been closer; they had got there before us. The raw voices of

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