Answer:
C. Funeral
Explanation:
Josef's father wanted to attend Professor Weiler's funeral on the boat. His reason for this was that he had seen too many good men die without a proper funeral.
He went on the boat to pay his last respects to his friend, professor Weiler
These lines taken from "The Snow Man" might be interpreted in these ways. One possibility is to have an objective view of the nature of a winter landscape without attributing any personal emotions to it. The other interpretarion is the assiciation of winter with misery, sadness and loneliness, the feelings that are related to the picture of the wind blowing with just a few leaves.