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 . 5 THE SPRING AND SUMMER OE i8g4 449 wind had broken up the ice a good deal, and now therewere lanes in all directions, which proved a great obstaclewhen I went out driving with the dogs. The tempera-ture, however, was still so low that the channels werecjuickly frozen over again and became passable; but lateron in the month the temperature rose, so that ice was nolonger so readily formed on the water, and the channelsbecame ever more an
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 . 5 THE SPRING AND SUMMER OE i8g4 449 wind had broken up the ice a good deal, and now therewere lanes in all directions, which proved a great obstaclewhen I went out driving with the dogs. The tempera-ture, however, was still so low that the channels werecjuickly frozen over again and became passable; but lateron in the month the temperature rose, so that ice was nolonger so readily formed on the water, and the channelsbecame ever more and more numerous. On May 20th I write: Went out on snow-shoes inthe forenoon. The ice has been very much broken upin various directions, owing to the continual winds dur-insf the last week. The lanes are difiicult to cross over,as they are full of small pieces of ice, that lie dispersedabout, and are partly covered with drift-snow. This isvery deceptive, for one may seem to have firm ice underone at places where, on sticking ones staff in, it goesright down without any sign of ice. On many occasionsI nearly got into trouble in crossing over snow like thi
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