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 . the possibility that the Frammight get afloat in the course of the summer. On the greathummock were many things I thought might be left there forthe present — for instance, the greater part of our dogs cases containing this were piled up to four different heightsso as to form a sloping roof off which the water could easily run,and I had the wdiole covered over with, tarpaulin. The long-boat on the port side, which I proposed to
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 . the possibility that the Frammight get afloat in the course of the summer. On the greathummock were many things I thought might be left there forthe present — for instance, the greater part of our dogs cases containing this were piled up to four different heightsso as to form a sloping roof off which the water could easily run,and I had the wdiole covered over with, tarpaulin. The long-boat on the port side, which I proposed to leave on the ice tillthe winter, was deposited in a safe place about 50 yards fromthe ship, and provided with sails, rigging, oars, and a full equip-ment, ready for any emergency. The scraping away of the ice in the holds and on the half-deckwas finished on June 12th. We tried to cut the steam-pipe aft(the pipe for rinse-water) out of the ice, but had to abandon theattempt. One end of this pipe had been resting ever since lastyear on the ice, and it was now so deeply frozen in that wecould not release it. We cut a hole all round it 4 feet deep, 13 i. MARCH is TO JUNE 22, 1895 627 but the hole quickly filled with water, so we left it to the summerheat to thaw the pipe loose. So much water commenced to accumulate in the engine-roomabout this time that we had to bale out considerable quantities?—certainly 130 gallons per day. We at first thought that thewater was produced by the thawing of the ice on board, but it
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