No insect was to be seen in this dreary country, nor any species of reptile--not even the common earth-worm.

Large bodies of ice, called icebergs, filled up the valleys between high mountains, so dark as, when contrasted with the snow, to appear black.

The colour of the ice was a lively light green.

Opposite to the place where they fixed their observatory was one of these icebergs, above three hundred feet high; its side toward the sea was nearly perpendicular, and a stream of water issued from it.

Large pieces frequently broke off and rolled down into the sea.