. With Nansen in the north; a record of the Fram expedition in 1893-96. shorter for us. From time to time we tried the dogs with fully ladensledges, using different teams, bad and good trials went off satisfactorily. On even ice theywent splendidly; when hindrances came in the waythey pulled up. There w^as a great deal of fightinggoing on between the dogs. Baby and Pan fast-ened their teeth into each other as soon as they got achance, and we had the greatest difficulty in separatingthem. Scott-Hansen was now carrying on his magnetic ob- EVE , servalions in the snow
. With Nansen in the north; a record of the Fram expedition in 1893-96. shorter for us. From time to time we tried the dogs with fully ladensledges, using different teams, bad and good trials went off satisfactorily. On even ice theywent splendidly; when hindrances came in the waythey pulled up. There w^as a great deal of fightinggoing on between the dogs. Baby and Pan fast-ened their teeth into each other as soon as they got achance, and we had the greatest difficulty in separatingthem. Scott-Hansen was now carrying on his magnetic ob- EVE , servalions in the snow-hut which he and I had said he was exceedingly comfortable in there; itwas nice and warm, the temperature being only 6 to 8°below zero, and the interior was brightly illuminatedby a petroleum lamp under the clean, white vaultedroof. There stood Scott-Hansen, half a day at a time,scratching at the pin and gazing at the movementsof the magnetic needle. The self-same individual pos-sessed remarkable patience and perseverance, and hisgood humour never Johansen. Scott-Hansen. RACING TO THE SHIP ON THE WAY BACK FROM A SLEDGE DRIVE. On Christmas Eve the wind was blowing hard fromthe south-east, and the barometer fell right down to72665 mm. While the storm raged over our headsacross the ice-fields in the dark iVrctic night, a feeling ofreal comfort and security came over one at the thoughtof being so well housed as w^e were on board the Eve came upon us like any other day, lyinghere as we did far away from the noisy world and allthe Christmas fun. It was a quiet Christmas which wethirteen celebrated. We had a kind of cleaning up ofthe saloon and the cabins. The weather being cloudyand overcast both night and da}*, we could not take 126 WITH NAN SEN IN THE NORTH any observations. In the meantime, however, we couldsafe!} say that we were a good way north of the eighty-third degree. Perhaps it was as a sort of Christmaspresent that we had the satisfacti
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