A Winter Amid the Ice
A winter in the ice ( also a winter in the ice, A winter in the ice or a winter campaign in the ice ) is a short story by the French writer Jules Verne. The short story was first published in French under the title Un hiver dans les glaces nage into two parts in April 1855 and in May 1855 in the journal Musée des Familles. 1874 History An idea of Dr. Ox (Le Docteur Ox) was then re- published in the collection of stories. For this collection, she received a stylistic revision.
Action
In the port city of Dunkirk, the pastor of which is held to celebrate mass. The old skipper Johann Cornbutte want to respect an agreement. His son is the captain of the brig Jeune - Hardie. If this comes back from the North Sea, to be held the wedding ceremony between his son and his niece Marie. While the priest can keep the show through his vicar, Johann Cornbutte hurries with his published in wedding dresses niece Marie to the port. However, the retracting ship shows the mourning flag. Ludwig Cornbutte is no longer on board. From the navigator André Vasling learn the horrified audience what happened. Near the Mahlstromes the crew of the Jeune - Hardie remarked emergency signals. The captain Ludwig Cornbutte and two of his sailors could expose yourself with the sloop to rush to the aid of the ship. The three disappear in fog storm and presumed lost. They are subsequently declared dead. However, Johann Cornbutte does not want to accept it. It provides a search party for his son and his comrades together. Marie asked to participate in the search. The navigator André Vasling logs as another participant in the search expedition. He obviously courting the favor of Marie. The search expedition follows the entire route of the Jeune - Hardie and wintered in a bay south of the island Shannon in the Greenland Sea. There are adverse environmental conditions and must be taken to protect against the snow and ice, various measures.
A search group that is looking at the ice towards the north to the missing persons will find it after some difficulty. The young captain Ludwig Cornbutte together with a comrade and two other grim sailors found by a Norwegian ship wrecked. When she starts to come back to the ship trapped in the ice of the search expedition a drama. The navigator André Vasling allies himself off with the rough-and Norwegians around the young Cornbutte and his followers. The goal Vaslings it is to have the few supplies for himself and his followers, his rival Louis Marie off to be able to claim for themselves. An argument starts and the good wins. At the end of the story receives the old priest Ludwig Cornbutte and Marie in Dunkirk.