Identifier: farthestnorthbei01nans (find matches)
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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ms, and youseem to hear in the hues of the evening, sounds of itssmothered wail. Soon these will cease, and the sun willcircle round the everlasting light blue expanse of heaven,imparting one uniform colour to day and night alike. Friday, April 6th. A remarkable event was to takeplace to-day, which naturally we all looked forward to withlively interest. It was an eclipse of the sun. During thenight Hansen had made a calculation that the eclipsewould begin at 12.56 oclock. It was important for us tobe able to o-et a Q-ood observation, as we should thus be o o able to regulate our chronometers to a nicety. In orderto make everything sure, we set up our instruments acouple of hours beforehand, and commenced to observeWe used the large telescope, and our large theodolite.Hansen, Johansen, and myself took it by turns to sit forfive minutes each at the instruments, watching the rim ofthe sun, as we expected a shadow- would become visibleon its lower western edge, while another stood by with
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