<영어로 읽는 고전 _ R.M. 발렌타인의 얼음 왕국>
"The World of Ice "는 19세기 스코틀랜드 작가이자 모험가인 R. M. Ballantyne이 쓴 소설로, 1859년에 출간되었다.

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.


"The World of Ice" is a novel written by 19th-century Scottish writer and adventurer R. M. Ballantyne, published in 1859.

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.

Contents

CHAPTER I. Some of the "dramatis personæ" introduced?Retrospective glances?
CHAPTER II. Departure of the "Pole Star" for the Frozen Seas?
CHAPTER III. The voyage?The "Dolphin" and her crew?Ice ahead?Polar scenes?
CHAPTER IV. The chase and the battle?The chances and dangers of whaling war?
CHAPTER V. Miscellaneous reflections?The coast of Greenland?Upernavik?
CHAPTER VI. The gale?Anchored to a berg which proves to be a treacherous one?
CHAPTER VII. New characters introduced?An old game under novel circumstances?CHAPTER VIII. Fred and the doctor go on an excursion in which, among other strange things,
CHAPTER IX. The "Dolphin" gets beset in the ice?
CHAPTER X. Beginning of winter?Meetuck effects a remarkable change in the men's appearance?
CHAPTER XI. A hunting-expedition,
CHAPTER XII. A dangerous sleep interrupted?
CHAPTER XIII. Journey resumed?The hunters meet with bears and have a great fight, in which the dogs are sufferers?
CHAPTER XIV. Departure of the sun?Effects of darkness on dogs?
CHAPTER XV. Strangers appear on the scene?
CHAPTER XVI. The Arctic Theatre enlarged upon?
CHAPTER XVII. Expeditions on foot?Effects of darkness on dogs and men?
CHAPTER XVIII. The hunting-party?Reckless driving?
CHAPTER XIX. The northern party?A narrow escape, and a great discovery?
CHAPTER XX. Keeping it down?Mutual explanations?
CHAPTER XXI. First gleam of light?Trip to welcome the sun?
CHAPTER XXII. The "Arctic Sun"?Rats! rats! rats!--A hunting-party?
CHAPTER XXIII. Unexpected arrivals?The rescue party?Lost and found?
CHAPTER XXIV. Winter ends?The first insect?Preparations for departure?
CHAPTER XXV. Escape to Upernavik?Letter from home?
CHAPTER XXVI. The return?The surprise?Buzzby's sayings and doings?