Two months earlier we would have enjoyed perpetual daylight in this latitude; but night already fell for three or four hours, and later it would cast six months of shadow over these circumpolar regions.
Dos meses antes, habríamos podido gozar en esas latitudes de un día sin fin, pero ya la noche se adueñaba durante tres o cuatro horas del tiempo, anticipando la sombra que durante seis meses debía echar sobre aquellas regiones circumpolares.