Where she was, in this month of July, the night lasted nineteen hours and a half.

The sun's disk--without warmth, without light--only appeared above the horizon to disappear almost immediately.

At the pole the night lengthened into one of a hundred and seventy-nine hours.

Everything showed that the "Albatross" was about to plunge into an abyss.
During the day an observation, had it been possible, would have given 66 deg.

40' south latitude.