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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
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alled out to me from above: We must get thedocs out; see, there is water on the ice! It was hightime that we came; the water was rushing in and alreadystood high in the kennel. Peter waded into the water upto his knees and pushed the door open. Most of the dogsrushed out and jumped about, splashing in the water; butsome, being frightened, had crept back into the innermostcorner and had to be dragged out, although they stood inwater reaching high up their legs. Poor brutes, it musthave been miserable enough, in all conscience, to be shutup in such a place while the water was steadily risingabout them, yet they are not more noisy than usual. The clogs having been put in safety, I walked roundthe Fram to see what else had happened. The ice hadcracked along her to the fore, near the starboard bow;from this crack the water had poured aft along the portside, which was weighed down by the weight of the ridgesteadily pressing on towards us. The crack has just > H > IT. \ • s jcR D S *
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THE NEW YEAR, 1895 51 passed under the middle of the portable forge, which wasthus endangered, and it was therefore put on a sledge andremoved to the great hummock on the starboard quarter.The pemmican—altogether 11 cases—the cases of dog-biscuits, and 19 cases of bread were conveyed to thesame place. Thus we have now a complete depot lyingover there, and, I trust, in entire safety, the ice being sothick that it is not likely to give way. This has broughtlife into the lads ; they have all turned out. We took out4 more tin cans of petroleum to the hummock, then pro-ceeded to bring up from the hold and place on deckready for removal 21 cases of bread, and a supply of pem-mican, chocolate, butter, vril-food, soup, etc., calculatedto last us 200 days. Also tents, cooking apparatus, andthe like, were got ready, so that now all is clear up there,and we may sleep securely; but it was past midnight be-fore we had done. I still trust that it is all a false alarm,and that we shall have no o

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