human
Why, here's as much ice as there was before I fell asleep! See yonder! pointing to the south.
gpt
It dies out in the distance. If it does not join the pole there, may the devil rise before me as I speak. Thunder and fury! I had hoped to see it shrivelled to an ordinary berg!
human
What! in a week?
gpt
And are we to wait for our deliverance till this continent breaks up? he bawled.
human
The day of judgment will be a thing of the past by that time. Travelling north! 'sdeath! he roared, his mouth full of the expletives of his day, French and English.
gpt
Who but a madman could suppose that this ice is not as fixed as the antarctic circle to which it is moored? Why, six months ago it was no bigger than it is now!