“Well, Mr. Reade,” he said, “your prophecy has come true!”
“It seems so!”
“This is really the open Polar Sea.”
“Yes.”
“There is no greater wonder on earth.”
“Well, that is so.”
“That there should be such a sea as this in the midst of a vast region of ice is simply wonderful!”
“It is, indeed.”
“How do you explain it?”
“Well, I think there are volcanic causes to explain it,” said Frank; “the inner fires of the earth come very near to the surface.”