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Published:
2016-02-14
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2016-02-14
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Polar Night

Anonymous

Chapter 6

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I awoke to the shrillness of my alarm in the pitch-black early morning, as I had grown used to, in Smeerenburg at the top of the world.

We were caught firmly in the grip of polar night.

Smeerenburg would not see another sunrise for many months.

After a breakfast of cod and cloudberries spread onto stale bread, I made my way out.

The settlement was quiet but for the distant churn of the whale-processing plants, and the sky was empty but for the scattering of stars not blocked out by the ever-present stinking smog. I turned away from the empty landing field; today was the day of the Icewalker’s departure.

Notes:

ONE: Seeing that waiting for the Smeerenburg expedition would mean failing Monsieur Fogg’s bet, the player returns south.
TWO: In the middle of the Icewalker scene, the player restarts the game.
THREE: After the destruction of the Icewalker, Monsieur Fogg dies in the snow and the player’s game ends.
FOUR: The player continues on from Qausuittuq without Monsieur Jokinen. They do not meet again.
FIVE: The player stays on in Nanortalik.
SIX: There are many routes by which to make it around the world in 80 Days.