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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)
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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MARCH 15 TO JUNE 22, ifyj 63J for what was in store ; for the Festival Committee had beenvery busy the previous day. Punctually at 11 oclock the vari-ous corporations assembled under their flags and insignia, andwere assigned their position in the grand procession. I marchedat the head with the Norwegian flag. Next came Scott-Hansenwith the Frams pennant, and then followed Mogstad with thebanner of the Meteorological Department, richly bedecked withcyclonic centres and prospects of fair weather. He wasseated on a box covered with bearskin placed on a sledge drawnby seven dogs, the banner waving behind him on a pole riggedas a mast. Amundsen was No. 4, bearing a demonstrationbanner in favor of the Pure Flag, and he was followed byhis esquire, Nordahl, on snow-shoes with a spear in his handand a rifle slung on his back. The flag showed on the redground a picture of an old Norwegian warrior breaking hisspear over his knee, with the inscription Onward ! Onward !(Fram ! Fram !), ye Norsema

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