Time of the Great Freeze (2015)
“The sleds had halted, for they could go no farther. Fifty yards ahead, the ice shield came to an end. Beyond, a thousand ice floes bobbed and drifted in the open water. Islands of ice, some of them only a few feet across, others a hundred yards or more in diameter, swirled, crashed against one another, rose high out of the water for a moment before falling back.
Jim walked as close to the edge of the ice field as he dared, and looked out across the water.
The sea!
It was a stupefying sight. Where there had been unending whiteness, now there was dark blue, stretching to the boundaries of the world. The wind swept low, blowing the surface of the water up into wavelets tipped with white caps of foam. Up off the sea came the salty breeze, cold but invigorating. Jim felt faintly dazed by the thought of such a bulk of water lying in their path.
"Here we wait," Kennart said. "The Sea People will come ashore along this coast." "How long will it be?" Dr.
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