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 . r, and soup as longas they had any room to stow it in. We concurred inthe opinion that a better meal we could not have down we crawled into the dear bag, which for thepresent there was no need to part with, and slept thesleep of the just in the knowledge that for the immediatefuture, at any rate, we need have no anxiety. It is my opinion that for the time being we can donothing better than remain where we are, live on ourcatch,
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 . r, and soup as longas they had any room to stow it in. We concurred inthe opinion that a better meal we could not have down we crawled into the dear bag, which for thepresent there was no need to part with, and slept thesleep of the just in the knowledge that for the immediatefuture, at any rate, we need have no anxiety. It is my opinion that for the time being we can donothing better than remain where we are, live on ourcatch, without encroaching on the sledge provisions, andthus await the time when the ice shall slacken more orthe condition of the snow improve. Meanwhile we willrig up wooden grips on our sledges, and try to make thekayaks water-tight. Furthermore, we will lighten ourequipment as much as we possibly can. If we were togo on we should only be obliged to leave a great dealof our meat and blubber behind us, and this, in thesecircumstances, I think would be madness. Sunday, June 23d. So this is , andSunday, too. How merry and happy all the schoolboys. JOHANSEN SITTING IN THE SLEEPING BAG IN THE HUT BY SLEDGE AND KAYAK 295 are to-day! how the folk at home are starting forth incrowds to the beautiful Norwegian woods and valleys! . .And here are we still in the drift-ice; cooking and fryingwith blubber, eating it and seals flesh until the train-oildrips off us, and, above all, not knowing when there willbe an end to it all. Perhaps we still have a winter beforeus. I could hardly have conceived that we should behere now! It is a pleasing change, however, after having re-duced our rations and fuel to a minimum to be able tolaunch out into excesses, and eat as much and as oftenas we like. It is a state of things hardly to be realizedat present. The food is agreeable to the taste, and welike it better and better. My own opinion is that blub-ber is excellent both raw and fried, and
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