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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)
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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andtore it open. There lay Mohn on the sofa, reading,with a long pipe in his mouth. He started up andstared fixedly, like a madman, at the long figure standingon the threshold ; his pipe fell to the ground, his facetwitched, and then he burst out, Can it be true ? Isit Fridtjof Nansen ? I believe he was alarmed abouthimself, thinking he had seen an apparition; but whenhe heard my well-known voice the tears came to hiseyes, and, crying, Thank God, youre still alive ! herushed into my arms. Then came Johansens turn. Itwas a moment of wild rejoicing, and numberless werethe questions asked and answered on both sides. Asone thing after another came into our heads, the ques-tions rained around without coherence and almost with-out meanino;. The whole thins; seemed so incrediblethat a long time passed before we even collected our-selves sufficiently to sit down, and I could tell him in asomewhat more connected fashion what experiences wehad gone through during these three years. But where tc
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THE JOURNEY SOUTHWARD 5^5 was the Fram? Had we left her? Where were the oth-ers ? Was anything amiss ? These questions pouredforth with breathless anxiety, and it was no doubt thehardest thing of all to understand that there was nothingamiss, and yet that we had left our splendid ship. Butlittle by little even that became comprehensible; and thenall was rejoicing, and champagne and cigars presentlyappeared on the scene. Another acquaintance from thesouth was also in the hotel; he came in to speak toMohn; but, seeing that he had visitors, was on the pointof going again. Then he stopped, stared at us, discov-ered who the visitors were, and stood as though nailed tothe spot; and then we all drank to the expedition and toNorway. It was clear that we must stop there that even-ing, and we sat the whole afternoon talking and talk-ing without a pause. But meanwhile the whole town hadlearnt the names of its newly arrived guests, and when welooked out of the window the street was full of people

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