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 . ands of people were afoot. To mysurprise, I also met here my old friend Sir GeorgeBaden-Powell, whose fine yacht, the O/ar/a, was in theharbor. He had just returned from a very successfulscientific expedition to Novaya Zemlya, where he hadbeen with several English astronomers to observe thesolar eclipse of August 9th. With true English hospi-tality, he placed his yacht entirely at my disposal and Iwillingly accepted his generous invitat
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 . ands of people were afoot. To mysurprise, I also met here my old friend Sir GeorgeBaden-Powell, whose fine yacht, the O/ar/a, was in theharbor. He had just returned from a very successfulscientific expedition to Novaya Zemlya, where he hadbeen with several English astronomers to observe thesolar eclipse of August 9th. With true English hospi-tality, he placed his yacht entirely at my disposal and Iwillingly accepted his generous invitation. Sir GeorgeBaden-Powell was one of the last people I had seen inEngland. When we parted — it was in the autumn of1S92—he asked me where we ought to be looked forif we were too long away. I answered that it wouldbe of little use to look for us — it would be like THE JOURNEY SOUTHWARD 587 searching for a needle in a hay-stack. He told me Imust not think that people would be content to sit stilland do nothing. In England, at any rate, he was surethat something would be done—and where ought theyto go? Well, I replied, I can scarcely think of any. ARRIVAL AT HAMMERFEST other place than Franz Josef Land; for if the Framgoes to the bottom, or we are obliged to abandon her,we must come out that way. If the Fram does not goto the bottom, and the drift is as I believe it to be,we shall reach the open sea between Spitzbergen andGreenland. Sir George now thought that the time hadcome to look for us, and since he could not do more for 588 FARTHEST NORTH the present, it was his intention, after having carried outhis expedition to Novaya Zemlya, to skirt along the edgeof the ice, and see if he could not pick up any newsof us. Then, just at the right moment, we made ourappearance at Hammerfest. In the evening, my wifearrived, and my secretary, Christofersen ; and after hav-ing attended a brilliant fete given that night by thetown of Hammerfest in our honor, we took up our quar-ters
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