<영어로 읽는 고전 _ R.M. 발렌타인의 얼음의 강 >
"얼음의 강"은 젊은 독자들을 위한 모험과 탐험을 주제로 한 책으로 유명한 19세기 스코틀랜드 작가 R. M. Ballantyne이 1975년에 쓴 소설이다.
R.M. Ballantyne(1825-1894)은 스코틀랜드의 예술가이자 대부분 어린이 소설의 다작 작가였다. Edinburgh에서 태어난 Ballantyne은 열 자녀 중 아홉 번째였다. 16세에 Ballantyne은 캐나다로 이주하여 Hudson's Bay Company에서 일하면서 모피 무역을 위해 전국을 여행했다. 1847년 아버지가 세상을 떠나 스코틀랜드로 돌아온 그는 평생 동안 100권이 넘는 어린이 모험 책을 쓰면서 본격적으로 문학 활동을 시작했다. 'The Coral Island' 및 'The Young Fur Traders'와 같은 이야기는 큰 인기를 얻었으며 많은 이야기가 캐나다 전역을 여행한 자신의 경험을 바탕으로 했다.
그의 대표작으로는 "The Coral Island"(《산호섬》)과 "The Gorilla Hunters"(《고릴라 사냥꾼》) 등이 있으며, 이들 작품은 당시 영국에서 매우 인기가 있었습니다. 또한, 그는 자연과학에 관심을 가지고 있어 책에도 관련 내용을 많이 썼다.


"Rivers of Ice" is a 1975 novel by R. M. Ballantyne, a 19th-century Scottish author known for books on adventure and exploration for young readers.
R.M. Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scottish artist and prolific author of mostly children's fiction. Born in Edinburgh, Ballantyne was the ninth of ten children. At the age of 16, Ballantyne moved to Canada, where he worked for the Hudson's Bay Company, where he traveled the country in the fur trade. Returning to Scotland after his father's death in 1847, he began his literary career in earnest, writing over 100 children's adventure books during his lifetime. His stories like 'The Coral Island' and 'The Young Fur Traders' were hugely popular, and many of his stories were based on his own experiences traveling across Canada.
His representative works include "The Coral Island" and "The Gorilla Hunters", which were very popular in England at the time. In addition, he was interested in natural science and wrote a lot of related contents in books.

요약
금세기 중엽 어느 여름날 아침, 항해를 좋아하는 덩치 큰 허풍쟁이가 런던 브리지 근처의 어떤 거리에서 어슬렁거리고 있는 자신을 발견한다. 그는 쉰 살이 넘은 남자였지만 건전한 체격과 뽀얀 얼굴, 덥수룩한 검은 머리 때문에 마흔 아래로 보였다.
그의 걸음걸이, 나룻배 코트, 주머니에 넣은 손이 선원임을 증명했지만, 그에게는 모순된 점이 한두 가지 있었다. 거대한 턱수염과 콧수염은 깊은 것보다 더 많은 굴착을 맛보았고, 엄청나게 넓은 챙을 가진 갈색의 넓은 눈은 불모지를 암시하는데...

Summary
One summer morning in the middle of this century, a large seafaring braggart finds himself loitering in a street near London Bridge. He was a man of fifty or more, but his well-built frame, fair face, and shaggy black hair made him look under forty.
His gait, his boat coat, and his hands in his pockets proved that he was a sailor, but there was an inconsistency or two about him. His massive beard and mustache tasted more burrowing than deep, and his wide-brimmed brown eyes hinted at his barrenness...

CONTENTS

Chapter I. The Rover’s Return.
Chapter II. The Seaman Takes the “Cabin” by Surprise and Storm.
Chapter III. Difficulties among the Social Summits.
Chapter IV. Shows how the Captain came to an Anchor, and conceived a Deep Design.
Chapter V. In which Several Important Matters are arranged,
Chapter VI. A Lesson Taught and Learned.
Chapter VII. The Great White Mountain.
Chapter VIII. Introduces the Reader to Various Personages, and touches on Glaciers.
Chapter IX. A Solid Stream.
Chapter X. The First Excursion.
Chapter XI. The Pursuit of Science under Difficulties.
Chapter XII. In which Gillie is Sagacious, an Excursion is undertaken,
Chapter XIII. Shows what Dangers may be encountered in the Pursuit of Art and Science.
Chapter XIV. The Grand Ascent Begun.
Chapter XV. The Grand Ascent Continued and Completed.
Chapter XVI. Tells how Lewis distinguished himself.
Chapter XVII. Danger and Death on the Glacier.
Chapter XVIII. A Mystery cleared up.
Chapter XIX. Mountaineering in General.
Chapter XX. Records a Serious Event.
Chapter XXI. Down in the Moraine at last.
Chapter XXII. Mysterious Proceedings of the Captain and Gillie.
Chapter XXIII. The Captain surprises his Friends in various Ways, and is himself Baffled.
Chapter XXIV. In which Tremendous Forces come to the Captain’s Aid.
Chapter XXV. An Unexpected Gem Found.
Chapter XXVI. The Denouement.
Chapter XXVII. The Last.