About noon
-- On the fifth day the cold became extreme , although the wind had hauled round a point more to the northward . -- The sun arose with a sickly yellow lustre , and clambered a very few degrees above the horizon -- emitting no decisive light . -- There were no clouds apparent , yet the wind was upon the increase , and blew with a fitful and unsteady fury . About noon , as nearly as we could guess , our attention was again arrested by the appearance of the sun . It gave out no light , properly so called , but a dull and sullen glow without reflection , as if all its rays were polarized . Just before sinking within the turgid sea , its central fires suddenly went out , as if hurriedly extinguished by some unaccountable power . It was a dim , sliver-like rim , alone , as it rushed down the unfathomable ocean .