I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the world never before visited, and may tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man. These are my enticements, and they are sufficient to conquer all fear of danger (.) Walton in Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (Anm. 37), 15f. In: Die Polargebiete der Bibliothek. Über eine metapoetische Metapher. Hg.v. Bettine Menke. In: DVjs 4/2000, S. 545-599.