The Mountains of Majipoor

"I can be bold to say, that no man will ever venture farther than I have done… Thick fogs, Snow storms, Intense Cold and every other thing that can render Navigation dangerous one has to encounter and these difficulties are greatly heightned by the enexpressable horrid aspect of the Country, a Country doomed by Nature never once to feel the warmth of the Suns rays, but to lie for ever buried under everlasting snow and ice…"

— Captain James Cook, Journals