The she-bear stays at home; but the he-bear hungers, and looks in vain for a stray seal or walrus--woe to the unarmed man who meets him in his hungry mood! Wolves are abroad, and pretty white arctic foxes.

The reindeer have sought other pasture-ground.

The thermometer runs down to more than sixty degrees below freezing, a temperature tolerable in calm weather, but distressing in a wind.

The eye-piece of the telescope must be protected now with leather, for the skin is destroyed that comes in contact with cold metal.

The voice at a mile's distance can be heard distinctly.