Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Answering Message, and Other Naval Stories
Early in the morning, as the lights were appearing in the east, the dim outlines of Unimak Pass broke the even line of horizon, and above them the low lying sheet of stratus cloud gave evidence of the Bering Sea. The captain leaned his breast against the upper bridge rail and gazed ahead. The high collar of his military overcoat was up and protected over half his face from the biting wind which whipped through the pass. Only dark gray eyes and a wisp of white hair shone between cap and collar. His eyebrows were sparse and light in color; the nose was straight. His hands were gloved and clasped behind his back. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
