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If you boys are arrested for piracy , I 'll tell all I know about it , and that wo n't do you any harm . '' Dawn came slowly that morning , for heavy clouds were gathering in the sky . The short Arctic night came to an end at last , however , and in the murky distance the boys saw the long coast line . Shortly after three o'clock they passed the wireless station and landed , not without some difficulty at Cordova . They found the town asleep , of course , but after a time an early riser directed them to the residence of a surgeon . They arranged with him to meet them later in the day and at once set out for the wireless station . It was two hours before they saw the operator coming to his post of duty .