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 pressure-ridge reaching upto about the height of the rail on the half-deck aft and slantingslightly eastward from the ship. At a distance of about 160yards to the northwest there extended in the direction fromsouth to north a long and fairly broad ice-mound, the so-calledgreat hummock, as much as 22 feet high in places. Mid-way between the Fram and the great hummock there was anewly formed open lane about 50 yards wide, while across 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 . a pressure-ridge reaching upto about the height of the rail on the half-deck aft and slantingslightly eastward from the ship. At a distance of about 160yards to the northwest there extended in the direction fromsouth to north a long and fairly broad ice-mound, the so-calledgreat hummock, as much as 22 feet high in places. Mid-way between the Fram and the great hummock there was anewly formed open lane about 50 yards wide, while across herbow, at a distance of 50 yards, there was an old channel thathad been closed up by the ice-pressure, but which opened lateron in the spring. Upon the great hummock, which had been formed by theviolent ice-pressure on January 27, 1894, we had established ourdepot on the slope looking towards the ship. The depot con-sisted of piled-up tin boxes, containing provisions and othernecessaries, and formed six or seven small mounds covered withsail-cloth. Moreover, our snow-shoes and sledges were storedthere. Half-way between the vessel and the great hummock.
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