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 . think of sav-ing it a little longer and having the worst dogs eatenfirst. Yesterday Perpetuum was killed. This killing ofthe animals, especially the actual slaughtering, is a horri-ble affair. We have hitherto stuck them with a knife,but it was not very satisfactory. Yesterday, however,we determined to try a new method — to our usual custom, we led the dog awaybehind a hummock, so that the others should not knoww
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 . think of sav-ing it a little longer and having the worst dogs eatenfirst. Yesterday Perpetuum was killed. This killing ofthe animals, especially the actual slaughtering, is a horri-ble affair. We have hitherto stuck them with a knife,but it was not very satisfactory. Yesterday, however,we determined to try a new method — to our usual custom, we led the dog awaybehind a hummock, so that the others should not knowwhat was going on. Then we put a rope round theanimals neck, and each pulled with all his might, butwithout effect, and at last we could do no more. Ourhands were losing all sense of feeling in the cold, andthere was nothing for it but to use the knife. Oh, it washorrible! Naturally, to shoot them would be the mostconvenient and merciful way, but we are loath to expendour precious ammunition on them; the time may comewhen we shall need it sorely. The observations yesterday show that we have gotdown to 850 N., and the longitude should be 790 26 V \. - A HARD STRUGGLE 183 E. This tallies well with our reckoning. We have gone50 miles or so since the last observation (April 13th), justwhat I had assumed beforehand. Still the same brilliant sunshine day and the wind from the north freshened, and is stillblowing to-day, but does not trouble us much, as it is be-hind us. The temperature, which now keeps from about40 to 22° below zero (Fahr.), can only be described asagreeable. This is undoubtedly fortunate for us; if itwere warmer the lanes would keep open a longer greatest desire now is to get under land before thelanes become too bad. What we shall do then must bedecided by circumstances. Sunday, April 21st. At 4 oclock yesterday wegot under way. During the night we stopped to havesomething: to eat. These halts for dinner, when wetake our food and craw
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