The biting gusts swept across the land, the cold currents from the far north driving southward with unstoppable force. The long blast of the icebreaker's horn drifted from the port, the iron-black hull slicing through the violent ice sea. The waves surged in the fissures, like a blade thrust into the sky. Accompanying the 'North Wind Empress' were floating ice from the Hillboya Sea, carried here by ocean currents, adding a touch of noise to the once silent port.
