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The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales
The opening story focuses on a whaling expedition to the Arctic, narrated by John M'Alister Ray, a medical student on board a ship named the Polestar, captained by the enigmatic Nicholas Craigie.
"The Captain of the 'Polestar' and Other Tales" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a collection of short stories. The opening story focuses on a whaling expedition to the Arctic, narrated by John M'Alister Ray, a medical student on board a ship named the Polestar, captained by the enigmatic Nicholas Craigie.
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September 11th.—Lat. 81 degrees 40’ N.; long. 2 degrees E. Still lying-to amid enormous ice fields. The one which stretches away to the north of us, and to which our ice-anchor is attached, cannot be smaller than an English county. To the right and left unbroken sheets extend to the horizon. This morning the mate reported that there were signs of pack ice to the southward. Should this form of sufficient thickness to bar our return, we shall be in a position of danger, as the food, I hear, is already running somewhat short. It is late in the season, and the nights are beginning to reappear.
Contents
- 01The Captain of the “Pole-Star.”
- 02J. Habakuk Jephson’s Statement.
- 03The Great Keinplatz Experiment.
- 04The Man from Archangel.
- 05That Little Square Box.
- 06John Huxford’s Hiatus.
- 07Cyprian Overbeck Wells—A Literary Mosaic.
- 08John Barrington Cowles.
- 09Part II.
- 10Elias B. Hopkins, the Parson of Jackman’s Gulch.
- 11The Ring of Thoth.
About this edition
- Author
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 202 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers