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 . he agreed, and in all his priestly pompcrossed the old threshold. The air inside was so badthat I could not stand it for more than two minutes, soI now made my \vay on board again. During the afternoon the howling and screaming be-san, and increased as time went on. We did not needto be told that the serious part of the festival had nowbegun. Some of the Samoyedes tore about over theplain with their reindeer teams like furious
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 . he agreed, and in all his priestly pompcrossed the old threshold. The air inside was so badthat I could not stand it for more than two minutes, soI now made my \vay on board again. During the afternoon the howling and screaming be-san, and increased as time went on. We did not needto be told that the serious part of the festival had nowbegun. Some of the Samoyedes tore about over theplain with their reindeer teams like furious could not sit on their sledges, but lay on them, orwere dragged behind them, howling. Some of my com-rades went on shore, and brought back anything but anedifying account of the state of things. Every singleman and woman appeared to be drunk, reeling about theplace. One young Samoyede in particular had made anineffaceable impression on them. He mounted a sledge, FAREWELL TO NORWAY 131 lashed at the reindeer, and drove amuck in among thetents, over the tied-up dogs, foxes, and whatever came inhis way; he himself fell off the sledge, was caught in the. EVENING SCENE AT KHABAROVA {By Otto Sinding, from a Photograph) reins, and dragged behind, shrieking, through sand andclay. Good St. Elias must be much flattered by suchhomage. Towards morning the howling gradually died 132 FARTHEST NORTH away, and the whole town slept the loathsome sleep ofthe drunkard. There was not a man to be got to help with our coal-shifting next day. Most of them slept all day after theorgie of the night. We had just to do without help;but we had not finished by evening, and I began to beimpatient to get away. Precious time was passing; Ihad long ago given up the Urania. We did not reallyneed more coal. The wind had been favorable for sev-eral days. It was a south wind, which was certainlyblowino: the ice to the northward in the Kara was now positive that we should be able to sailin open wat
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