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 . towards the ballet. It is aston-ishing what versatility he displays: engineer, blacksmith,tinsmith, cook, master of ceremonies, comedian, dancer,and, last of all, he has come out in the capacity of afirst-class barber and hair-dresser. There was a grand1 ball at night; Mogstad had to play till the perspira-tion poured from him; Hansen and I had to figure asladies. Pettersen was indefatigable. He faithfully andsolemnly vowed that if he h
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 . towards the ballet. It is aston-ishing what versatility he displays: engineer, blacksmith,tinsmith, cook, master of ceremonies, comedian, dancer,and, last of all, he has come out in the capacity of afirst-class barber and hair-dresser. There was a grand1 ball at night; Mogstad had to play till the perspira-tion poured from him; Hansen and I had to figure asladies. Pettersen was indefatigable. He faithfully andsolemnly vowed that if he has a pair of boots to his feetwhen he gets home he will dance as long as the soleshold together. Day after day, as we progressed with a rattlingwind, first from and later on and E., wefelt more anxious to know how far we had q;ot; butthere had always been a snow - storm or a cloudy sky,so that we could not make any observations. We wereall confident that we must have got a long way upnorth, but how far beyond the 83d degree no one couldtell. Suddenly Hansen was called on deck this after-noon by the news that the stars were visible WE PREPARE EOR THE SLEDGE EXPEDITION 37 All were on the tiptoe of expectation. But when hecame down he had only observed one star, which, how-ever, was so near the meridian that he could calculatethat, at any rate, we were north of S30 20 northlatitude, and this communication was received withshouts of joy. If we were not yet in the most northerlylatitude ever reached by man, we were, at all events,not far from it. This was more than we had expected,and we were in high spirits. Yesterday, being theSecond Christmas-day, of course, both on this accountand because it was Juells birthday, we had a specialdinner, with oxtail soup, pork cutlets, red whortle-berry preserve, cauliflowers, fricandeau, potatoes, pre-served currants, also pastry, and a wonderful iced-almond cake with the words Glaedelig Jul (A MerryChristmas) on it, from H
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