Identifier: farthestnorthbei11897nans (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)
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
from dry powder), corned beef or cornedmutton, luncheon ham or Chicago tinned tongue orbacon, cod-caviare, anchovy roe ; also oatmeal biscuits orEnglish ship-biscuits—with orange marmalade or FrameFood jelly. Three times a week we had fresh - bakedbread as well, and often cake of some kind. As for ourbeverages, we began by having coffee and chocolate dayabout; but afterwards had coffee only two days a week,tea two, and chocolate three. After breakfast some men went to attend to the dogs—orive them their food, which consisted of half a stock-fish or a couple of dog-biscuits each, let them loose, ordo whatever else there was to do for them. The otherswent all to their different tasks. Each took his turn ofa week in the galley—helping the cook to wash up, laythe table, and wait. The cook himself had to arrangehis bill of fare for dinner immediately after breakfast, andto set about his preparations at once. Some of us wouldtake a turn on the fioe to get some fresh air, and to exam-
Text Appearing After Image:
THE WINTER NIGHT 249 ine the state of the ice, its pressure, etc. At i oclockall were assembled for dinner, which generally consistedof three courses—soup, meat, and dessert; or, soup, fish,and meat; or, fish, meat, and dessert; or sometimes onlyfish and meat. With the meat we always had potatoes,and either green vegetables or macaroni. I think wewere all agreed that the fare was good; it would hardlyhave been better at home; for some of us it would per-haps have been worse. And we looked like fatted pigs;one or two even began to cultivate a double chin and acorporation. As a rule, stories and jokes circulated attable along with the bock-beer. After dinner the smokers of our company would marchoff, well fed and contented, into the galley, which wassmoking-room as well as kitchen, tobacco being tobooedin the cabins except on festive occasions. Out therethey had a good smoke and chat; many a stor)^ wastold, and not seldom some warm dispute arose. After-wards came, for most of us, a sh

Note About Images