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Farthest North, Vol. I: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896Nansen, Fridtjof

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Farthest North, Vol. I: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896

Name: Farthest North, Vol. I: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896
Author: Nansen, Fridtjof

Nansen, Fridtjof

"Fram" Expedition (1893-1896); Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration; Nansen, Fridtjof, 1861-1930 -- Travel -- Arctic regions

Menu. September 29, 1893

            Soupe à la julienne avec des macaroni-dumplings.
            Potage de poison (sic) avec des pommes de terre.
            Pudding de Nordahl.
            Glacé du Greenland.
            De la table bière de la Ringnæes.
            Marmalade intacte.


                           MUSIC À DINÉ (sic)

                 1. Valse Myosotic.
                 2. Menuette de Don Juan de Mozart.
                 3. Les Troubadours.
                 4. College Hornpipe.
                 5. Die letzte Rose de Martha.
                 6. Ein flotter Studio Marsch de Phil. Farbach.
                 7. Valse de Lagune de Strauss.
                 8. Le Chanson du Nord (Du gamla, du friska....).
                 9. Hoch Habsburg Marsch de Kral.
                10. Josse Karads Polska.
                11. Vårt Land, vårt Land.
                12. Le Chanson de Chaseuse.
                13. Les Roses, Valse de Métra.
                14. Fischers Hornpipe.
                15. Traum-Valse de Millocher.
                16. Hemlandssång. 'A le misérable.'
                17. Diamanten und Perlen.
                18. Marsch de 'Det lustiga Kriget.'
                19. Valse de 'Det lustiga Kriget.'
                20. Prière du Freischütz.


I hope my readers will admit that this was quite a fine entertainment
to be given in latitude 79° north; but of such we had many on board
the Fram at still higher latitudes.

"Coffee and sweets were served after dinner; and after a better
supper than usual came strawberry and lemon ice (alias granitta) and
limejuice toddy, without alcohol. The health of the hero of the day
was first proposed 'in a few well-chosen words'; and then we drank a
bumper to the seventy-ninth degree, which we were sure was only the
first of many degrees to be conquered in the same way.

"Saturday, September 30th. I am not satisfied that the Fram's present
position is a good one for the winter. The great floe on the port side
to which we are moored sends out an ugly projection about amidships,
which might give her a bad squeeze in case of the ice packing. We
therefore began to-day to warp her backward into better ice. It is by
no means quick work. The comparatively open channel around us is now
covered with tolerably thick ice, which has to be hewn and broken in
pieces with axes, ice-staves, and walrus-spears. Then the capstan is
manned, and we heave her through the broken floe foot by foot. The
temperature this evening is -12.6° C. A wonderful sunset.

"Sunday, October 1st. Wind from the W.S.W. and weather mild. We
are taking a day of rest, which means eating, sleeping, smoking,
and reading.

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Farthest North, Vol. I: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896

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