Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas Chapter 38 - The South Pole

In which the narrator and Captain Nemo explore a remote and icy Antarctic shore teeming with curious wildlife and marked by evidence of volcanic activity, while the captain contemplates taking celestial observations in pursuit of fixing their position. As the sun’s elusive presence delays their measurements, the evocative landscape and the solemn claim of the South Pole unfold beneath the fleeting light of the equinox.