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 . hansen, who had just turned round to pullhis sledge flush with mine,* cried, Take the gun! Iturned round and saw an enormous bear throwing itself * As a rule, we crossed the lanes in this manner; we placed thesledges, with the kayaks on, side by side, lashed them together, stiff-ened them by running the snow-shoes across under the straps, whichalso steadied them, and then launched them as they were, with the sledgeslashed underneath. Wh
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 . hansen, who had just turned round to pullhis sledge flush with mine,* cried, Take the gun! Iturned round and saw an enormous bear throwing itself * As a rule, we crossed the lanes in this manner; we placed thesledges, with the kayaks on, side by side, lashed them together, stiff-ened them by running the snow-shoes across under the straps, whichalso steadied them, and then launched them as they were, with the sledgeslashed underneath. When across, we had only to haul them up on theother side. 330 FARTHEST NORTH on him, and Johansen on his back. I tried to seize mygun, which was in its case on the fore-deck, but at thesame moment the kayak slipped into the water. Myfirst thought was to throw myself into the water over thekayak and fire from there, but I recognized how risky itwould be. I began to pull the kayak, with its heavycargo, on to the high edge of the ice again as quickly as Icould, and was on my knees pulling and tugging to getat my gun. I had no time to look round and see what.
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