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Our supplies were completely cut off and we were soon reduced to the point of star -- But here , you fellows are getting tired , and so am I. I will tell you about the siege of Chattanooga and battle of Missionary Ridge some other time . '' Woman Locates the North Pole . Silver Cloud hastened on with the favoring gale from the balmy South . By noon the coast of Franz Joseph Land could be seen . They were now near the eightieth degree of latitude . During the afternoon they crossed that land of eternal winter . Monotonous mountains , hills , and plains of everlasting snow and ice wearied the eye , and caused a sense of seasickness and vertigo if looked upon too long .