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Title: Farthest north; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893-96, and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Nansen, Fridtjof, 1861-1930 Sverdrup, Otto Neumann, 1854-1930
Subjects: "Fram" Expedition 1893-1896) Arctic regions
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
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, or of swine,Very different in this from the juice of the vine !Ramornie, and Armour, and Thorne, and Herr Thus,Good meats have preserved, and they tasle not amiss ;So Ill just add a word, friends, of warning to you :If you want a good dinner, come at one, not at two. The lyric melancholy which here finds utterancemust have been the outcome of many bitter disappoint-ments, and furnishes a valuable internal evidence as tothe anonymous authors profession. Meanwhile theguests assembled with tolerable punctuality, the onlyexception being your humble servant, who was obligedto take some photographs in the rapidly waning day-light. The menu was splendid : (i) ox-tail soup; (2) fish-pudding writh melted butter and potatoes ; (3) turtle with marrowfat, peas, etc., etc. ; (4) rice withmulter (cloudberries) and cream. Crown malt extract.After dinner, coffee and honey-cakes. After supper,which also was excellent, there was a call for music,which was liberally supplied throughout the whole even-
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o 5. Z - o - Z•« Second Autumn in the Ice. 489 ing by various accomplished performers on the organ,among whom Bentzen specially distinguished himself,his late experiences on the ice with the crank-handle*having put him in first-rate training. Every nowr andthen the music dragged a bit, as though it were beinghauled up from an abyss some 1,000 or 1,500 fathomsdeep ; then it would quicken and get more lively, as itcame nearer to the surface. At last the excitement roseto such a pitch, that Pettersen and I had to get up andhave a dance, a waltz, and a polka or two ; and we reallyexecuted some very tasteful pas dc deux on the limitedfloor of the saloon. Then Amundsen also wras sweptinto the mazes of the dance, while the others playedcards. Meanwhile refreshments were served in the formof preserved peaches, dried bananas, figs, honey-cakes,etc., etc. In short, we made a jovial evening of it, andwhy should we not ? We are progressing merrilytowards our goal, we are already half-way betwe

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