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 . d clothes, every stitchof them, wash himself, and dress in new ones from top totoe. All the old clothes, fur rugs, and such things, werecarefully carried up on to the deck, and kept there thewhole winter. This was more than even these animalscould stand; 53 C. of cold proved to be too much forthem, and we saw no more of them. As the bug is madeto say in the popular rhyme: Put me in the boiling pot, and shut me down tight;But dont leave
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 . d clothes, every stitchof them, wash himself, and dress in new ones from top totoe. All the old clothes, fur rugs, and such things, werecarefully carried up on to the deck, and kept there thewhole winter. This was more than even these animalscould stand; 53 C. of cold proved to be too much forthem, and we saw no more of them. As the bug is madeto say in the popular rhyme: Put me in the boiling pot, and shut me down tight;But dont leave me out on a cold winter night! Friday, October 6th. Cold, down to 11° below zero(Fahr.). To-day we have begun to rig up the ice has been packing to the north of the Framsstern. As the dogs will freeze if they are kept tied upand get no exercise, we let them loose this afternoon,and are going to try if we can leave them so. Of coursethey at once began to fight, and some poor creatureslimped away from the battle-field scratched and torn. O :r > W r in rw >p—1 O if) (^ ^ Tl O ^ 0 7^ ^ O fJ h-M hJ -; W H ?v^ O M ^ :: O i-j X m w >.
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