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 . ground, which improved steadily, and,with only a few stoppages, we kept at it till this came upon ridges, to be sure, but they always al-lowed themselves to be negotiated pretty easily, and wedid well. Started yesterday about two in the afternoon,and kept going until one this morning. Thursday, April nth. Better and better. Foundnothing but beautiful level tracks of ice yesterday, with afew ridges, which were easy to get over
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 . ground, which improved steadily, and,with only a few stoppages, we kept at it till this came upon ridges, to be sure, but they always al-lowed themselves to be negotiated pretty easily, and wedid well. Started yesterday about two in the afternoon,and kept going until one this morning. Thursday, April nth. Better and better. Foundnothing but beautiful level tracks of ice yesterday, with afew ridges, which were easy to get over, and some lanes,with young ice on, which gave us rather more trouble. * This was the latitude I got by a rough estimation, but on furthercalculation it proved to be 86° N.; the longitude was about 950 E. A HARD STRUGGLE 171 They ran, however, about in our direction (our course isnow the magnetic S. 220 W., or about the true ),and we could go alongside them. At last, however, wehad to make a crossing, and accomplished it successfully,although the ice bent under us and our sledges more thanwas desirable. Late in the afternoon we came across a. ON TOLERABLY GOOD GROUND channel, which we proposed to cross in the same reached the other side with the first sledge safelyenough, but not so with the other. Hardly had theleaders of the team got out to the dangerous place wherethe ice was thinnest, and where some water had come upon to it, when they stopped and warily dipped their pawsin the water. Then through went one of them, splashingand struggling to get out. The ice began to sink under FARTHEST NORTH the weight of the other clogs and the sledge, and thewater came flowing up. I dragged dogs and sledge backas quickly as possible, and succeeded in driving them allon to the firm ice again in safety. We tried once againat another place, I running over first on snow-shoes andcalling to the dogs, and Johansen pushing behind, butthe result was no better than the first ti
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