CHAPTER XVII

The Depths of Horror Blind! Starving! Freezing! Alone and blind on the ice near the North Pole! A cry of anguish broke from Don’s lips as he realized the full terror of his situation. That crowning blow was all he needed to make his agony complete and his doom certain. Deprived of his sight, there would be nothing left for him to do but to stagger on in darkness, stumbling over obstacles that he could not avoid, unable to see and signal the airship if it should be hovering above him, liable to fall into the water t…