HELP ASAP PLEASE “About two o'clock, the mist cleared away and we beheld vast and irregular 1 point plains of ice, which seemed to have no end. Some of my comrades groaned, and my own mind began to grow watchful with anxious thoughts when a strange sight suddenly attracted our attention, and diverted our solicitude from our own situation. We perceived at the distance of half a mile, a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature."
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