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 . he sea and wading into a small lagoon on the shore,whence I feared it might get right out into the sea. Atlast it got its quietus there in the water. The other onewas not far off, and a ball soon put an end to its suffer-ings also. As I was proceeding to rip it up, Henriksenand Johansen appeared; they had just shot a bear a littlefarther south. After disembowelling the reindeer, we went towardsthe boat again, meeting Sverdrup on the way
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 . he sea and wading into a small lagoon on the shore,whence I feared it might get right out into the sea. Atlast it got its quietus there in the water. The other onewas not far off, and a ball soon put an end to its suffer-ings also. As I was proceeding to rip it up, Henriksenand Johansen appeared; they had just shot a bear a littlefarther south. After disembowelling the reindeer, we went towardsthe boat again, meeting Sverdrup on the way. It wasnow well on in the mornino^, and as I considered that wehad already spent too much time here, I was impatientto push northward. While Sverdrup and some of theothers went on board to get ready for the start, the restof us rowed south to fetch our two reindeer and ourbear. A strong breeze had begun to blow from thenortheast, and as it would be hard work for us to row 172 FARTHEST NORTH back against ft, I had asked Sverdrup to come and meetus with the Fraju, if the soundings permitted of his do-ing so. We saw quantities of seal and white fish along. A DEAD BEAR ON REINDEER ISLAND (AUGUST 2 1, 1893) (From a Phoiogrd/k) the shore, but we had not time to go after them; all wewanted now was to get south, and in the first place topick up the bear. When we came near the place wherewe expected to find it, we did see a large white heapresembling a bear lying on the ground, and I was sure itmust be the dead one, but Henriksen maintained tliat itwas not. We went ashore and approached it, as it laymotionless on a grassy bank. I still felt a strong sus- VOYAGE THROUGH THE KARA SEA 73 picion that it had ah-eady had all the shot it drew nearer and nearer, but it 2:ave no siofn of looked into Henriksen s honest face, to make sure thatthey were not playing a trick on me; but he was staringfixedly at the bear. As I looked, two shots went off, andto my astonishment the grea
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