Fast in the Ice Adventures in the Polar Regions
                        
                     
                                                         
                
                    Fast in the Ice Adventures in the Polar Regions
                                            
                            By R. M. Ballantyne
                            
                                6 Jul, 2020                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        One day, many years ago, a brig cast off from her moorings, and sailed from a British port for the Polar Seas. That brig never came back. Many a hearty cheer was given, many a kind wish was uttered, many a handkerchief was waved, and many a tearful e
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                                                One day, many years ago, a brig cast off from her moorings, and sailed from a British port for the Polar Seas. That brig never came back. Many a hearty cheer was given, many a kind wish was uttered, many a handkerchief was waved, and many a tearful eye gazed that day as the vessel left Old England, and steered her course into the unknown regions of the far north. Less