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Chapter 13. The Ice Bank

           IknewthattoNedLand,aswellastoallothernavigatorswhohadprecededus,thiswasaninevitableobstacle.Thesunappearingforaninstantatnoon,CaptainNemotookanobservationasnearaspossible,whichgaveoursituationat51°30’long.and67°39’ofS.lat.WehadadvancedonedegreemoreinthisAntarcticregion.Oftheliquidsurfaceoftheseatherewasnolongeraglimpse.UnderthespuroftheNautiluslaystretchedavastplain,entangledwithconfusedblocks.Hereandtheresharppointsandslenderneedlesrisingtoaheightof200feet;furtheronasteepshore,hewnasitwerewithanaxeandclothedwithgreyishtints;hugemirrors,reflectingafewraysofsunshine,halfdrownedinthefog.Andoverthisdesolatefaceofnatureasternsilencereigned,scarcelybrokenbytheflappingofthewingsofpetrelsandpuffins.Everythingwasfrozeneventhenoise.TheNautiluswasthenobligedtostopinitsadventurouscourseamidthesefieldsofice.Inspiteofourefforts,inspiteofthepowerfulmeansemployedtobreakuptheice,theNautilusremainedimmovable.Generally,whenwecanproceednofurther,wehavereturnstillopentous;butherereturnwasasimpossibleasadvance,foreverypasshadclosedbehindus;andforthefewmomentswhenwewerestationary,wewerelikelytobeentirelyblocked,whichdidindeedhappenabouttwoo’clockintheafternoon,thefreshiceformingarounditssideswithastonishingrapidity.IwasobligedtoadmitthatCaptainNemowasmorethanimprudent.Iwasontheplatformatthatmoment.TheCaptainhadbeenobservingoursituationforsometimepast,whenhesaidtome:

           "Well,sir,whatdoyouthinkofthis?"

           "Ithinkthatwearecaught,Captain."

           "So,M.Aronnax,youreallythinkthattheNautiluscannotdisengageitself?"

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