Archibald Hughson, the Young Shetlander--An Arctic Story, by W.H.G.
Kingston.
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Archibald is a teenager living in Shetland, that group of islands to the
north of Scotland. His father is dead, and his mother not very well.
He longs to go to sea, and a seaman he knows aids him to stow away in a
whaling ship, the "Kate", just parting for Greenland, where there is an
abundance of whales.
The Captain is very kind, and accepts the situation. But one day when
the boats are sent out in search of whales Archy stows away again, to
see the fun. This does not work out too well, as the boat they are in
is stove in, and its occupants have to jump helpless onto the ice. They
are rescued by another whaling ship, the "Laplander", but this in turn
is beset by the ice and broken to splinters.
Some of the people, including Archy, after walking a long way over the
ice, make it back to the "Kate", now herself beset by ice. However, in
spite of illness among the crew, they eventually get free, and manage to
get the vessel, in a not very seaworthy condition, back to Shetland.
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ARCHIBALD HUGHSON, THE YOUNG SHETLANDER--AN ARCTIC STORY, BY W.H.G.
KINGSTON.