The Kingdom Of Ice Summary

This quotation written by Hampton Sides in the book The Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette, signifies the degree of difficulty Captain George De Long will face to overcome the biggest challenge of his journey: the Kuro Siwo. The inclusion of the current’s meaning, “Black Current” (Sides 100), begins the dark and dangerous tone upon Kuro Siwo. The author’s usage of the “b” and “d” alliteration in “blue-black color, deep, and dark” (Sides 101), intensifies the ominous and brooding mood. The powerful diction continues as the current is revealed to be “inexorabl[e]” (Sides 101), providing to the strength Kuro Siwo possesses. The author later explicitly states that the current “could be seen as a clear line