During the voyage, the crew spots a dog sled driven by a gigantic figure.
A few hours later, the crew rescues a nearly frozen and emaciated man named Victor Frankenstein.
Frankenstein has been a pursuit of the gigantic man observed by Walton's crew.
Frankenstein starts to recover from his exertion; he sees in Walton the same obsession and has destroyed him.
and recounts a story of his life's miseries to Walton as a waring.
The recounted story serves as the frame for Frankenstein's n.