The Island at the Top of the World Page #5

Exactly.

So there is a place

where whales go to die.

Captain, that big lead

of open water.

Follow it.

If we are on the right track,

we'd have seen something.

Look. You remember the journal?

"A lone cloud, as if lying on the ice."

Oomiak.

Is that where the island is?

Wrong way. Wrong way.

Island not that way.

Island back this way.

He just told us

what we wanted to know.

Steady as you go, Captain.

Look.

And hidden beneath the cloud,

an island.

Captain. What happened?

Captain.

Captain, why are we stopping?

In such a cloud,

it's not safe to proceed.

Not safe? What do you mean?

I could not see to navigate,

and there will be strong winds.

My airship could be dashed

against hidden cliffs and torn apart.

- We can't turn back now.

- We don't have to.

- We can go in on foot.

- Oh.

Capital idea!

Take the ship down to the ice.

- I'll get everything ready.

- No, no. You cannot leave the ship!

Professor, you know

the dangers that lie below.

Even if you survive the cold,

there are still the cliffs.

- You could not climb the cliffs.

- We must try, Captain.

I know. It's a gamble, Captain.

But with my son's life at stake,

I have no choice.

No, Sir Anthony,

it is I who have no choice.

I'm not a man of stone.

There are times when

the heart must rule the head.

We will attack the cloud.

- Maybe we can go above them.

- Impossible.

- Our load is too heavy.

- We'll assume lightweight.

Hurry up! We are losing height.

- You all right?

- Yes, quite.

I can't help thinking of the captain.

Poor fellow.

- How long must we keep this up?

- We can't survive in the open.

We've gotta keep moving

until we find shelter.

There should be caves

in those mountains.

Oomiak, is this anything like the place

that you and Donald came to?

I tell you, Donald's father,

we see nothing in blizzard.

Then spirits come and...

And you fought like a bear.

Yes, you mentioned that.

- Somebody watches.

- Where?

I don't see.

I feel.

Tommyrot.

Something moved.

- Did you see anything?

- I don't think so.

Neither did I.

I think we should head

in that direction.

Oh, very well.

If you don't know where you're going,

one way's as good as another.

It's incredible.

- I don't believe it.

- Green and fertile.

In all this ice and snow.

Look. There's the explanation.

The island must be volcanic.

Heat rising through fissures

in the ground.

It's probably thermal springs.

Exactly like parts of Iceland.

There are buildings down there.

- Looks like some sort of settlement.

- People. There are people there.

That means

that Donald could be there.

The spirit! The spirit!

Wait a minute.

No, wait. We're friends.

Do you understand their language?

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