He looked to the south and knew that somewhere beyond those bleak hills lay the Great Bear Lake; also, he knew that in that direction the Arctic Circle cut its forbidding way across the Canadian Barrens.

• 他向南望去，知道大熊湖就在荒凉的群山后的某个地方，他还知道，在那个方向，北极圈的禁区线穿过加拿大的不毛之地。