On Wintere etaþ hī oftost sǣgrundbūendu dēor, oftost efenfiscas, on dīepþum swā dēop swā 1500 metera under fæstum īsflētum. Nēohwalas habbaþ gebēon gehuntod for hire bānum and flǣsce tō heore fōdan be Scrælingum þūsendu gēara; efneted huntoþ nēohwala is gīet geworht. Þēah þe heora hēafodrīm þynceþ stille wesan, se nēohwæl is gedēmed ānlīce open cwellunge for gewedercyndes andwendunge and his swīðe ānlicre fōdan etunge.