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 . A HARD STRUGGLE 179 and ended at about nine at night, with a couple of hoursrest in the bag at dinner-time. The ice was what Ishould previously have called anything but good; it wasthroughout extremely uneven, with pressed-up, rathernew ice, and older, rounded - off ridges. There wereridges here and there, but progress was possible every-where, and by lanes, happily, we were not hindered. Thesnow was rather loose between all the irregul
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 . A HARD STRUGGLE 179 and ended at about nine at night, with a couple of hoursrest in the bag at dinner-time. The ice was what Ishould previously have called anything but good; it wasthroughout extremely uneven, with pressed-up, rathernew ice, and older, rounded - off ridges. There wereridges here and there, but progress was possible every-where, and by lanes, happily, we were not hindered. Thesnow was rather loose between all the irregularities ofthe ice; but the dogs hauled alone everywhere, and thereis no cause to complain of them. The ice we are nowstopping in seems to me to be something like that wehad around the Fram. We have about got down to theregion where she is drifting. I am certain we did 20miles yesterday, and the distance homeward should nowbe altogether 368 miles. The weather is glorious nowadays, not so cold as toinconvenience one, and continual clear sunshine, withoutany wind to signify. There is remarkable equablenessand stagnancy in the atmosphere up here, I
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