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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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h animals. He let gro thesack and jumped away from it, the animals scatteringround in every direction. They proved to be sand-hoppers, or Aniphipoda, which had eaten their way intothe meat. There were pints of them, both inside andoutside of the sack. A pleasant discovery; there will beno need to starve when such food is to be had by hang-ing a sack in the water. Bentzen is the wag of the party; he is always playingsome practical joke. Just now- one of the men came rush-ing up and stood respectfully waiting for me to speak tohim. It was Bentzen that had told him I wanted him.It wont be long before he has thought of some newtrick. Thursday, September 28th. Snowfall with wind.To-day the dogs hour of release has come. Until nowtheir life on board has been really a melancholy one.They have been tied up ever since we left Khabarova.The stormy seas have broken over them, and they havebeen rolled here and there in the water on the deck;they have half hanged themselves in their leashes, howl-
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THE WINTER NIGHT 255 ing miserably; they have had the hose played over themevery time the deck was washed; they have been sea-sick; in bad as in good weather they have had to lie onthe spot hard fate had chained them to, without moreexercise than going backward and forward the lengthof their chains. It is thus you are treated, you splendidanimals, who are to be our stay in the hour of need!When that time comes, you will, for a while at least, havethe place of honor. When they were let loose there wasa perfect storm of jubilation. They rolled in the snow,washed and rubbed themselves, and rushed about theice in wild joy, barking loudly. Our floe, a short timeago so lonesome and forlorn, was quite a cheerful sightwith this sudden population; the silence of ages wasbroken. It was our intention after this to tie up the dogs onthe ice. Friday, September 29th. Dr. Blessings birthday, inhonor of which we of course had a fete, our first o-reatone on board. There was a double occasion for it. O

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