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 . h. A regular storm has beenblowing from the since yesterday evening. Lastni^ht the mill went to bits; the teeth broke off one ofthe toothed wheels, which has been considerably wornby a years use. The velocity of the wind was over 40feet this morning, and it is long since I have heard itblow as it is doing this evening. We must be makinggood progress north just now. Perhaps October is notto be such a bad month as I expected from o
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 . h. A regular storm has beenblowing from the since yesterday evening. Lastni^ht the mill went to bits; the teeth broke off one ofthe toothed wheels, which has been considerably wornby a years use. The velocity of the wind was over 40feet this morning, and it is long since I have heard itblow as it is doing this evening. We must be makinggood progress north just now. Perhaps October is notto be such a bad month as I expected from our experi-ences of last year. Was out snow-shoeing before din-ner. The snow was whistling about my ears. I hadnot much trouble in oettino^ back; the wind saw to tremendous snow squall is blowing just now. Themoon stands low in the southern sky, sending a dullglow through the driving masses. One has to hold onto ones cap. This is a real dismal polar night, such asone imagines it to ones self sitting at home far away inthe south. But it makes me cheerful to come on deck,for I feel that we are moving onward. Saturday, October 13th. Same wind to-day;. SECOND AUTUMN IN THE ICE 557 velocity up to 39 feet and higher, but Hansen has takenan observation this evening in spite of it. He is, as al-ways, a fine, indefatigable fellow. We are going north-west (81° 32 8 north latitude, 118° 28 east longitude). Sunday, October 14th. Still the same storm goingon. I am reading of the continual sufferings whichthe earlier Arctic explorers had to contend with forevery degree, even for every minute, of their northwardcourse. It gives me almost a feeling of contempt forus, lying here on sofas, warm and comfortable, passingthe time reading and writing and smoking and dream-ing, while the storm is tugging and tearing at the nggingabove us and the whole sea is one mass of drivino;snow, through which we are carried degree by degreenorthward to the goal our predecessors struggled tow-ards, spendi
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