. With Nansen in the north; a record of the Fram expedition in 1893-96. years. He sat there dayand night, only going down now and then to get some-thing to eat; he slept no more than was absolutelynecessary. The Wiudivard broke through the ice at last,on the nth of August, and then we said farew^ell tothe ice, in which Nansen and I had spent three yearsof our life. On the same day we saw the first sail onthe horizon, and afterwards we saw several more ; wefelt that we were approaching our goal; the momentwiiich had so often stood before us as the highest ofall our desires, the goal of our long
. With Nansen in the north; a record of the Fram expedition in 1893-96. years. He sat there dayand night, only going down now and then to get some-thing to eat; he slept no more than was absolutelynecessary. The Wiudivard broke through the ice at last,on the nth of August, and then we said farew^ell tothe ice, in which Nansen and I had spent three yearsof our life. On the same day we saw the first sail onthe horizon, and afterwards we saw several more ; wefelt that we were approaching our goal; the momentwiiich had so often stood before us as the highest ofall our desires, the goal of our longings, could not nowbe far off! The next day we caught sight of land on the horizon ; A^ EYE-OPENER 339 it was Norway, our nativ^e country ! We were only justable to distinguish it in the evening twilight, but stillthere it was. Next morning we saw its rocky coast; wehad got in under land too far north, and had now toshape our course southwards to VardO. We now sawmany ships, with which we exchanged greetings, andbefore long we had the pilot-boat alongside. The pilot. WATCHING THE FIRST SAIL IN SIGHT. came on board with his son, and after having exchangeda few words with Captain Brown, the latter asked him,pointing to Nansen, whether he knew that man. Thepilot had heard Nansen speaking in Norwegian to me,and was wondering who the Norwegians were who werestanding on the bridge of the Whidvcard] he evidentlyseemed to think that we were not properly dressed captain had to tell him it was Nansen, and ilu-n he 340 WITH NANSEN IN THE NORTH opened his eyes properly. Surprise and joy were to beread in his weather-beaten features; he shook handswith us, and wished us welcome home. Both he, andmany with him, had never believed that any of theFranis crew would escape with their lives. But of theFram no tidings had been heard since she left we pressed the pilot for news, and he in turngot us to relate some of our adventures, the Witidivardhad entered the harbour of V
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