Farthest north; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893-96, and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by DrNansen and LieutJohansen . ticks his head so far down into it that the tinsits fast, and he cannot release himself again; so with thisextinguisher on his head he sprawls about blindly overthe ice, indulging in the most wonderful antics in theeffort to get rid of it, to the great amusement of us thespectators. When tired of their work at the rubbishheaps they stretch out their round, sausage-like bodies,panting in the sun, if there is any, and if it is too warmthe
Farthest north; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893-96, and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by DrNansen and LieutJohansen . ticks his head so far down into it that the tinsits fast, and he cannot release himself again; so with thisextinguisher on his head he sprawls about blindly overthe ice, indulging in the most wonderful antics in theeffort to get rid of it, to the great amusement of us thespectators. When tired of their work at the rubbishheaps they stretch out their round, sausage-like bodies,panting in the sun, if there is any, and if it is too warmthey get into the shade. They are tied up again beforedinner; but Pan, and others like-minded, sneak awaya little before that time, and hide up behind a hummock,so that one can only see a head or an ear sticking uphere and there. Should any one go to fetch him in he31 482 FARTHEST NORTH will probably growl, show his teeth, or even snap; afterwhich he will lie flat down, and allow himself to bedragged off to prison. The remainder of the twenty-fourhours they spend sleeping, puffing and panting in theexcessive heat, which, by-the-way, is two degrees of THE DOGS r>ASKING IN THE SUN (jUNE 13, 1S94) KFrotn a Pliotograph) Ever}^ now and then they set up a chorus of howls thatcertainly must be heard in Siberia, and quarrel amongthemselves till the fur flies in all directions. Thisremoval of the dogs on to the ice has imposed upon thewatch the arduous duty of remaining on deck at nights,which was not the practice before. But a bear having THE SPRING AXD SUMMER OF iSg4 483 once been on board and taken off two of our preciousanimals, we dont want any more such visitors. On July 31st Kvik again increased our populationby bringing eleven puppies into the world, one of whichwas deformed, and was at once killed; two others diedlater, but most of them grew up and became fine, hand-some animals. They are still living. Few or no incidents occurred during this time, ex-cept, naturally, th
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