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This kind of ice is much more dangerous than the large islands , for those can be seen at a distance , and kept away from ; but the field-ice , floating in great quantities , and covering the ocean for miles and miles , in pieces of every size-large , flat , and broken cakes , with here and there an island rising twenty and thirty feet , and as large as the ship 's hull ; - this , it is very difficult to sheer clear of . The applications , internal and external , were powerful , and I gave him strict directions to keep warm and sheltered , telling him it was his only chance for life . What quantities of ice-cream have been eaten , and what quantities of ice brought into the city from a distance , and sold out by the lump and the pound ! We soon , however , left these astern , having passed within about two miles of them ; and at sundown the horizon was clear in all directions . In fact , wet and cold feet are inevitable in such weather , and are not the least of those little items which go to make up the grand total of the discomforts of a winter passage round the Cape . As far as the eye could reach , the sea in every direction was of a deep blue color , the waves running high and fresh , and sparkling in the light , and in the midst lay this immense mountain-island , its cavities and valleys thrown into deep shade , and its points and pinnacles glittering in the sun . Then we made a whole suit of gaskets for the voyage home , a pair of wheel-ropes from strips of green hide , great quantities of spun-yarn , and everything else that could be made between decks . The sun was out bright , the sea of a deep blue , fringed with the white foam of the waves which ran high before a strong southwester ; our solitary ship tore on through the water , as though glad to be out of her confinement ; and the ice islands lay scattered upon the ocean here and there , of various sizes and shapes , reflecting the bright rays of the sun , and drifting slowly northward before the gale . Many a dispute have I heard raging high between professed " beach-combers , " as to whether the hides should be stowed " shingling , " or back-to-back , and flipper-to-flipper ; " upon which point there was an entire and bitter division of sentiment among the savans .