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 . metres) depth, I say in my diary: I do not think we shall talk any more about the shallowPolar Sea, where land may be expected anywhere. Wemay very possibly drift out into the Atlantic Ocean with-out having seen a single mountain-top. An eventfulseries of years to look forward to ! The plan already alluded to of travelling over the icewith dogs and sledges occupied me a good deal, and dur-ing my daily expeditions—partly on snow-shoes, p
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 . metres) depth, I say in my diary: I do not think we shall talk any more about the shallowPolar Sea, where land may be expected anywhere. Wemay very possibly drift out into the Atlantic Ocean with-out having seen a single mountain-top. An eventfulseries of years to look forward to ! The plan already alluded to of travelling over the icewith dogs and sledges occupied me a good deal, and dur-ing my daily expeditions—partly on snow-shoes, partlywith dogs—my attention was constantly given to the con-dition of the ice and our prospects of being able to makeour way over it. During April it was specially welladapted for using dogs. The surface was good, as thesuns power had made it smoother than the heavy drift-snow earlier in the winter; besides, the wind had coveredthe pressure-ridges pretty evenly, and there were notmany crevasses or channels in the ice, so that one couldproceed for miles without much trouble from them. InMay, however, a change set in. So early as May Sth the o en >.
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