The whole island was a wasteland of ice, whipped by freezing storms, and bleached skeletons were the only signs of the life that had once been there.
- L'intera isola era un deserto di ghiaccio, frustata da tempeste gelide, e scheletri sbiancati erano gli unici segni della vita che un tempo era stata lì.
There was once a time when most people didn't know who Christopher Columbus was, but then he was born.
- C'era una volta un tempo in cui molte persone non sapevano chi fosse Cristoforo Colombo, ma poi lui nacque.
... up until recently merchants here still sold products such as some of them tempo ...