. With Nansen in the north; a record of the Fram expedition in 1893-96. fresh water, we all thought the tea was poor andweak ; it was the salty flavour we missed, and we didnot think much of the fresh water. We were not somuch afraid of water which was a little saltish as, forinstance, the crew of the Jeannette. Every piece of icewhich was brought on board that vessel for cookingor drinking purposes was first carefully examined ; theybelieved that the smallest quantity of salt would producescurvy among them. According to the observations we made, the temper-ature in the strata nearest the surf
. With Nansen in the north; a record of the Fram expedition in 1893-96. fresh water, we all thought the tea was poor andweak ; it was the salty flavour we missed, and we didnot think much of the fresh water. We were not somuch afraid of water which was a little saltish as, forinstance, the crew of the Jeannette. Every piece of icewhich was brought on board that vessel for cookingor drinking purposes was first carefully examined ; theybelieved that the smallest quantity of salt would producescurvy among them. According to the observations we made, the temper-ature in the strata nearest the surface of the watervaried greatly:— On the surface . 32-76° I metre below surface 32-63° 2 metres below surface 32-51° 2-5 32-00 2-6 31-90° 2-7 31-95° 2-8 „ „ _ 29-25° 2-9 29-10° 3 29-15° At the last depth we found a thin layer of ice, whichwas easily broken, and pieces of which rose to thesurface. When the ice was measured on the loth of July, wefound that on the old solid floes it had increased abouteiiiht inches in one week. It was most remarkable that. T mj:lhiX(; ice axd snow the ice shoLikl increase in thickness while it continuallywent on melting at the surface. The reason may bethat the fresh water, formed by the melting- of the snow,ran down through the ice, and there came into contactwith the colder salt water, and, gradually assuming thetemperature of the latter, froze. The appearance of the surroundings in the neighbour-hood of the ship was not now very attractive. The
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