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vitywasbelowthelevelofthewater-linethere
was no fear of a fresh capsize.
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IhadnotyethadanopportunityofspeakingtoDirkPeterssincethe
catastrophe.AshehadansweredtohisnameIknewhewasnot
numberedamongthevictims.AtthismomentIperceivedhimstanding
onanarrowprojection;needlesstospecifythedirectioninwhichhis
eyes were turned.
CaptainLenGuythematetheboatswainHardyandMartinHolt
whomIaccompaniedwentupagaintowardstheschoonerinorderto
makeaminuteinvestigationofthehull.Onthestarboardsidetheopera-
tionwouldbeeasyenoughbecausethe
Halbrane
hadalisttotheoppos-
iteside.Ontheportsidewewouldhavetoslidealongtothekeelaswell
aswecouldbyscoopingouttheiceinordertoinsuretheinspectionof
every part of the planking.
Afteranexaminationwhichlastedtwohoursitwasdiscoveredthat
thedamagewasoflittleimportanceandcouldberepairedinashort
time.Twoorthreeplanksonlywerewrenchedawaybythecollision.In
theinsidetheskinwasintacttheribsnothavinggivenway.Ourvessel
constructedforthepolarseashadresistedwheremanyothersless
solidlybuiltwouldhavebeendashedtopieces.Therudderhadindeed
been unshippedbut that could easily be set right.
Havingfinishedourinspectioninsideandoutsideweagreedthatthe
damagewaslesscons [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]yilai:
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Or did she meanher wiser grasp of her own
ignorance
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