the Midnight Sun
Jimmie was n't sure on this latter point , but he remembered the Rabin brothers and their enthusiasm for the Allied cause , so he put his doubts to sleep , and helped get his motor-unit stowed on board a transport . There came a passage across the North Sea and up the coast of Norway ; a region of fogs and restless winds , and incessant deadly peril of submarine and mine . There were three transports in the expedition , and a couple of warships convoying them , and half a dozen destroyers weaving their foam patterns in and out . Every day the air grew colder , and the period of daylight shorter ; they were entering the Land of the Midnight Sun , but at the time of year when midnight noons were approaching . The men had plenty of time for reading and talk ; so Jimmie discussed the war from the Socialist point of view , defending the Russian revolutionists ; and so , as usual , he made somebody angry , and got himself and his seditious opinions reported . Lieutenant Gannet was the name of Jimmie 's superior officer . He had been a clerk in a cotton-mill before the war , and had never had the exercise of authority .