Archangel

Archangel is a town in Russia to which Robert Walton plans to travel within a fortnight or three weeks in order to hire a ship and crew for his voyage to the North Pole.

Archangel is a Russian town where Robert Walton has traveled to hire a ship and assemble a crew for his North Pole voyage; he reports it as encompassed by frost and snow, with time passing slowly there.

Archangel is a Russian town, encompassed by frost and snow with time passing slowly, where Robert Walton traveled to hire a ship and assemble a crew for his North Pole voyage; it now also serves as the departure point for a merchantman carrying his letter home to England on its homeward voyage.