Tomorrow, the 21st, was the day of the equinox; the sun would disappear below the horizon for six months not counting refraction, and after its disappearance the long polar night would begin.
Demain, 21, jour de l'équinoxe, réfraction non comptée, le soleil disparaîtrait sous l'horizon pour six mois, et avec sa disparition commencerait la longue nuit polaire.