I see the regions of snow and ice,
- I see the sharp-eyed Samoiede and the Finn,
- I see the seal-seeker in his boat poising his lance,
- I see the Siberian on his slight-built sledge drawn by dogs,
- I see the porpoise-hunters,
- I see the whale-crews of the south Pacific and the north Atlantic,
- I see the cliffs, glaciers, torrents, valleys, of Switzerland—I mark the long winters and the isolation.