CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls. We were the Ice Bank's prisoners! The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist. Conseil kept still. I stared at the captain. His face had resumed its usual emotionlessness. He crossed his arms. He pondered. The Nautilus did not stir.
Derhalve een ondoordringbare ijsmuur boven, beneden en rondom den Nautilus; wij zaten in de ijsbank gevangen! De Amerikaan sloeg met de vuist op de tafel; Koenraad zweeg, ik keek den kapitein aan; zijn gelaat had de gewone kalmte hernomen. Hij had de armen over elkander geslagen, en scheen na te denken. De Nautilus bewoog zich niet.