The vast sea of ice had cast its spell over the crew with ice-cold precision. Their ship, now a crushed wreck, was helplessly trapped between the massive blocks of ice.
Days earlier, a violent storm had surprised the crew and driven them against the merciless ice. Hopelessness grew with every crunching sound of the freezing water.
One by one, the men succumbed to the cold and exhaustion until all that remained was the eerie peace of the frozen desert. Their last tracks quickly disappeared under the falling snow, as if they had never existed.