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 . re. For my own part,I can say that the Arctic night has had no aging,no weakening, influence of any kind upon me ; I seem,on the contrary, to grow younger. This quiet, regularlife suits me remarkably well, and I cannot remember atime when I was in better bodily health balance thanI am at present. I differ from these other authorities tothe extent of feeling inclined to recommend this regionas an excellent sanatorium in cases of nervousn
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 . re. For my own part,I can say that the Arctic night has had no aging,no weakening, influence of any kind upon me ; I seem,on the contrary, to grow younger. This quiet, regularlife suits me remarkably well, and I cannot remember atime when I was in better bodily health balance thanI am at present. I differ from these other authorities tothe extent of feeling inclined to recommend this regionas an excellent sanatorium in cases of nervousness andgeneral breakdown. This is in all sincerity. I am almost ashamed of the life we lead, with none ofthose darkly painted sufferings of the long winter nightwhich are indispensable to a properly exciting Arctic THE WINTER NIGHT 355 expedition. We shall have nothing to write about whenwe get home. I may say the same of my comrades as Ihave said for myself; they all look healthy, fat, in goodcondition; none of the traditional pale, hollow faces;no low spirits—any one hearing the laughter that goeson in the saloon, the fall of greasy cards, etc. {see. A GAME OF HALMA Juells poem), would be in no doubt about this. Buthow, indeed, should there be any illness.^ With the bestof food of every kind, as much of it as we want, andconstant variety, so that even the most fastidious can-not tire of it, good shelter, good clothing, good ventila-tion, exercise in the open air ad libittini, no over-exer-tion in the way of work, instructive and amusing books 356 FARTHEST NORTH of every kind, relaxation in the shape of cards, chess,dominoes, hahiia, music, and story-telHng — how shouldany one be ill ? Every now and then I hear remarksexpressive of perfect satisfaction with the life. Trulythe whole secret lies in arranging things sensibly, andespecially in being careful about the food. A thing thatI believe has a good effect upon us is this living to-gether in the one saloon, with everythi
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