We had entered through a volcano, exited through another, and this other one was situated more than three thousand miles from Snæfellsjökull. We had been thrown from the barren country of Iceland to the far borders of the world. The perils of this expedition had transported us to the heart of the mildest region on earth. We had abandoned the country of eternal snow for one of infinite greenery, and left behind the dull fog of the icy climates for the azure sky of Sicily above our heads.
Dante, in the "Inferno," began and ended his journey to the very center of the Earth at two points thousands of miles apart on the globe's surface, in fact two points directly opposite one another.
