For now, in this moment, he was simply alive: Just think of it all of you—I am alive. And more than alive, I am living. None of you know what life is, nor will you ever know until you come as near losing it as we were. The escapes I had. Think of it again: I am alive, and not lying on the pitiless Arctic floes or buried beneath the unfriendly soil of Wrangel Island. Think again, and know that of six scientists aboard the Karluk, I alone remain … Think of it all and thank God that your son and brother has won through and will soon be among you to tell you a story the world has never heard … I
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