"An Antarctic Mystery" is a novel by Jules Verne, written in response to Edgar Allan Poe's 1838 novel "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket." The book follows the adventures of a wealthy American Jeorling, who has entertained himself with private studies of the wildlife on the Kerguelen Islands and decided to find a passage back to the United States. So, he made a journey from the Kerguelen Islands aboard Halbrane, which was full of unexpected events, such as hitting on an iceberg and discovering a dead body there.