 Mutiny by the crew results in destruction of their ship but Hatteras, with a few men, continues on the expedition.On the shore of the island of "New America" he discovers the remains of a ship used by the previous expedition from the United States.Doctor Clawbonny recalls in mind the plan of the real Ice palace, constructed completely from ice in Russia in 1740 to build a snow-house, where they should spend a winter.