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Title: Farthest north; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893-96, and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Nansen, Fridtjof, 1861-1930 Sverdrup, Otto Neumann, 1854-1930
Subjects: "Fram" Expedition 1893-1896) Arctic regions
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library

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t. In the evening therewas ice-light ahead and on the starboard bow. Aboutseven I thought that I could see ice, which, however,rose so regularly that it more resembled land, but it wastoo dark to see distinctly. -It seemed as if it might beBielkoff Island, and a big light spot farther to the eastmight even be the reflection from the snow-coveredKotelnoi. I should have liked to run in here, partly tosee a little of this interesting island, and partly to inspectthe stores which we knew had been deposited for us hereby the friendly care of Baron von Toll; but time wasprecious, and to the north the sea seemed to lie open tous. Prospects were bright, and we sailed steadily north-wards, wondering what the morrow would bring. Dis-appointment or hope ? If all went well we shouldreach Sannikoff Land—that, as yet, untrodden ground. It was a strange feeling to be sailing away north inthe dark night to unknown lands, over an open, rollingsea, where no ship, no boat had been before. We might % I
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a^ CO •—* £ I OQO o-Q a o>02 02 00O OSOO fc -4 02 Voyage through the Kara Sea. 201 have been hundreds of miles away in more southerlywaters, the air was so mild for September in thislatitude. Tuesday, September igth. I have never had sucha splendid sail. On to the north, steadily north, with agood wind, as fast as steam and sail can take us, andopen sea mile after mile, watch after watch, throughthese unknown regions, always clearer and clearer of iceone might almost say ! How long will this last ? The eyealways turns to the northward as one paces the bridge.It is gazing into the future. But there is always thesame dark sky ahead, which means open sea. My planwas standing its test. It seemed as if luck had been onour side ever since the 6th of September. We see4 nothing but clean water, as Henriksen answered fromthe crows-nest when I called up to him. When he wasstanding at the wheel later in the morning, and I was onthe bridge, he suddenly said : They little think at homein N

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