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Anyone familiar with Walton's letters in Frankenstein? When Robert Walton writes to his sister on July 7th where is he and what is his state of mind?

Anyone familiar with Walton's letters in Frankenstein? When Robert Walton writes to-example-1
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During the time when Walton writes Letter 1, he is aboard the ship St. Petersburg. He's there because he has to hire a crew for his ship, which is docked nearby. There are plans to sail to the North Pole in order to uncover the mysteries of magnetism.
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