28 SPITSBERGEN chap, ii 



narrow passages, and made constant changes of view and 

 ever fresh combinations of noble forms. Fjords opened 

 inland, but only to close again with fascinating rapidity. 

 The air was cold, the sun bright ; it was a joy to live. That 

 night the sun did not set ; it went below a bank of soft 

 grey mist, and for a while was not seen, but it remained 

 above the horizon then and thenceforward. We were north 

 of the midsummer night. 



