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 . tic Sea inthe north and warm Siberia in the south. This makesme somewhat dubious; but, on the other hand, we havewarm seas in the west: they may be stronger; and theJeaimcttc, moreover, drifted northwest. It is strange that, notwithstanding these westerlywinds, we do not drift eastward. The last longitude wasonly 135° east longitude. Maundy Thursday, March 22d. A strong south-easterly wind still, and a good drift northward. Ourspirits a
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 . tic Sea inthe north and warm Siberia in the south. This makesme somewhat dubious; but, on the other hand, we havewarm seas in the west: they may be stronger; and theJeaimcttc, moreover, drifted northwest. It is strange that, notwithstanding these westerlywinds, we do not drift eastward. The last longitude wasonly 135° east longitude. Maundy Thursday, March 22d. A strong south-easterly wind still, and a good drift northward. Ourspirits are rising. The wind whistles through the riggingoverhead, and sounds like the sough of victory throughthe air. In the forenoon one of the puppies had a severeattack of convulsions; it foamed at the mouth and bit THE WINTER NIGHT 421 furiously at everything round it. It ended with tetanus,and we carried it out and laid it down on the ice. Ithopped about like a toad, its legs stiff and extended,neck and head pointing upward, while its back wascurved like a saddle. I was afraid it might be hydropho-bia or some other infectious sickness, and shot it on the. EXPERIMENT IN SLEDGE SAILING (From a Photogrufli) 422 FARTHEST NORTH spot. Perhaps I was rather too hasty; we can scarcelyhave any infection among us now. But what could ithave been? Was it an epileptic attack? The other dayone of the other puppies alarmed me by running roundand round in the chart-house as if it were mad, hidingitself after a time between a chest and the wall. Someof the others, too, had seen it do the same thing; butafter a while it got all right again, and for the last fewdays there has been nothing amiss with it. Good Friday, March 23d. Noonday observationgives 80 north latitude. In four days and nights wehave drifted as far north as we drifted southward inthree weeks. It is a comfort, at all events, to know that! It is remarkable how quickly the nights have grownlioht. Even stars of the first magnitude can
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