Instead of digging all around the Nautilus, which would have entailed even greater difficulties, Captain Nemo had an immense trench outlined on the ice, eight meters from our port quarter.
Au lieu de creuser autour du _Nautilus_, ce qui eût entraîné de plus grandes difficultés, le capitaine Nemo fit dessiner l'immense fosse à huit mètres de sa hanche de bâbord.