Fridtjof Nansen Etched Frontispiece Colin Archer 58 Design of the "Fram" 61 Sigurd Scott-Hansen 85 Adolf Juell 89 The "Fram" leaving Bergen 93 Otto Sverdrup 99 First drift-ice (July 28, 1893) 107 The new church and the old church at Khabarova 116 Peter Henriksen 119 Our trial trip with the dogs 127 Evening scene at Khabarova 131 O. Christofersen and A. Trontheim 135 Landing on Yalmal 148 The plain of Yalmal 150 In the Kara Sea 152 The "Fram" in the Kara Sea 155 Ostrova Kamenni (Rocky Island), off the coast of Siberia 158 Theodor C. Jacobsen, mate of the "Fram" 161 Henrik Blessing 167 A dead bear on Reindeer Island (August 21, 1893) 172 "We first tried to drag the bears" 173 Bernard Nordahl 177 Ivar Mogstad 185 Bernt Bentzen 193 Lars Pettersen 205 Anton Amundsen 213 Cape Chelyuskin, the Northernmost point of the Old World 218 On land East of Cape Chelyuskin (September 10, 1893) 219 A warm corner among the walruses, off East Taimur 223 The ice into which the "Fram" was frozen (September 25, 1893) 234 The smithy on the "Fram" 239 The thermometer house 244 Magnetic observations 247 A smoke in the galley of the "Fram" 250 "The saloon was converted into a reading-room" 252 Scott-Hansen and Johansen inspecting the barometers Facing p. 254 Dr. Blessing in his cabin 257 "I let loose some of the dogs" 263 The men who were afraid of frightening the bear.