He had no desire or intention of remaining where he was.
A change of base was at once necessary and desirable.
“Shure it’s no use I am in sthayin’ around here,” he muttered. “I’ll be afther crawling out av this place.”
He began to look around.
The waters of the basin were at his feet. He made his way around the basin.
This brought him to a remarkable spectacle.
He came in close proximity to a clear and transparent wall of ice.
Objects beyond it were as plainly visible as could be.
He experienced a thrill as he saw that this was only a remarkable sort of window through which he could look out into the waters of the ocean.
The waters of the sea were clear, and he could see the bottom plainly.