place
the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
also: Индейский океан, Индейского океана
The ocean the hospital ship must cross on its way home; Pavel Ivanych bitterly predicts that the sick men will not survive even to reach it, and much of the story's final movement -- including Gusev's own burial at sea -- takes place on or under it.
Reading notes
- Gusev §27 the Indian Ocean
Pavel Ivanych's bitter prediction that the sick men will not even survive to reach the Indian Ocean turns out to be true only for himself and Stepan within the story; Gusev's own burial at sea (loc 128-131) takes place in these same waters.