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 . some lashings that I was busy with. Wechatted a little about things in general; and he was ofopinion that we had a good crib of it on board the Fram,because here we had everything we wanted, and she wasa devil of a ship—and any other ship would have beencrushed flat long ago. But for all that he would not beafraid, he said, to leave her, when he saw all the contriv-ances, such as these new kayaks, we had been gettingready. He was sure n
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 . some lashings that I was busy with. Wechatted a little about things in general; and he was ofopinion that we had a good crib of it on board the Fram,because here we had everything we wanted, and she wasa devil of a ship—and any other ship would have beencrushed flat long ago. But for all that he would not beafraid, he said, to leave her, when he saw all the contriv-ances, such as these new kayaks, we had been gettingready. He was sure no former expedition had ever hadsuch contrivances, or been so equipped against all possi-ble emergencies as we. But, after all, he would prefer toreturn home on the Frani^ Then we talked about whatwe should do when we did get home. 524 FARTHEST NORTH Oh, for your part, no doubt youll be off to theSouth Pole, he said. And you ? I replied. Will you tuck up your sleevesand begin again at the old work T Oh, ver)^ likely ! but on my word I ought to have aweeks holiday first. After such a trip I should want it,before buckling to at the sledge-hammer ?A
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