Trapped by the Antarctic winter, the sealers burn parts of their own vessels for fuel and depend increasingly on cooperation, while Roswell's conversations with Stimson and his exposure to overwhelming natural forces lead him to reconsider his religious doubts and the limits of human reason. When the season finally changes, the survivors escape the ice and return north, and Roswell later recovers the hidden treasure described in the original secret, only for Deacon Pratt to die at the moment he clutches the recovered gold. Roswell and Mary eventually marry and use their wealth more responsibly, bringing the novel to a close that contrasts greed and material ambition with faith, love, humility, and mutual sacrifice.
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