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 . No, the ice will not getthe better of her. Yet, if it should, in spite of every-thins:! As I stood q;azin2f around me I rememberedit was Midsummer-eve. Far away yonder her mastspointed aloft, half lost to view in the snowy haze. Theymust, indeed, have stout hearts, those fellows on boardthat craft. Stout hearts, or else blind faith in a THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF i8g4 50i It is all very well that he who has hatched a plan,be it
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 . No, the ice will not getthe better of her. Yet, if it should, in spite of every-thins:! As I stood q;azin2f around me I rememberedit was Midsummer-eve. Far away yonder her mastspointed aloft, half lost to view in the snowy haze. Theymust, indeed, have stout hearts, those fellows on boardthat craft. Stout hearts, or else blind faith in a THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF i8g4 50i It is all very well that he who has hatched a plan,be it never so wild, should go with it to carry it out; henaturally does his best for the child to which his thoughtshave given birth. But they—they had no child to tend,and could, without feeling any yearning balked, haverefrained from taking part in an expedition like should any human being renounce life to be wipedout here ? Sunday, June 24th. The anniversary of our depart-ure from home. Northerly wind; still drifting to-day gave 81° 41 7 north latitude, sowe are not going at a breakneck speed. It has been a long year—a great deal has been gonethrough in it—though we are quite as far advanced as Ihad anticipated. I am sitting, and look out of thewindow at the snow whirling round in eddies as it isswept along by the north wind. A strange Midsummer-day ! One might think we had had enough of snow andice; I am not, however, exactly pining after green fields—at all e
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