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 . into the ice again, then—then— Saturday, August 3d. Inconceivable toil. Wenever could go on with it were it not for the fact that wemust. We have made wretchedly little progress, even ifwe have made any at all. We have had no food for thedogs the last few days except the ivory-gulls and fulmarswe have been able to shoot, and that has been a couple aday. Yesterday the dogs only had a little bit of blubbereach. Sunday, August 4th. These l
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 . into the ice again, then—then— Saturday, August 3d. Inconceivable toil. Wenever could go on with it were it not for the fact that wemust. We have made wretchedly little progress, even ifwe have made any at all. We have had no food for thedogs the last few days except the ivory-gulls and fulmarswe have been able to shoot, and that has been a couple aday. Yesterday the dogs only had a little bit of blubbereach. Sunday, August 4th. These lanes are desperatework and tax ones strength. We often have to goseveral hundred yards on mere brash, or from block toblock, dragging the sledges after us, and in constant fearof their capsizing into the water. Johansen was verynearly in yesterday, but, as always hitherto, he managedto save himself. The clogs fall in and get a bath contin-ually. Monday, August 5th. We have never had worseice than yesterday, but we managed to force our wayon a little, nevertheless, and two happy incidents markedthe day: the first was that Johansen was not eaten up by.
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