[31] In his account of his voyage Nordenskiöld writes as follows of the condition of this channel: "We were met by only small quantities of that sort of ice which has a layer of fresh-water ice on the top of the salt, and we noticed that it was all melting fjord or river ice. I hardly think that we came all day on a single piece of ice big enough to have cut up a seal upon." [32] Peter Henriksen. [33] This silk bag-net is intended to be dragged after a boat or ship to catch the living animals or plant organisms at various depths. We used them constantly during our drifting, sinking them to different depths under the ice, and they often brought up rich spoils. [34] This phosphorescence is principally due to small luminous crustacea (Copepoda). [35] Markham's account gives us to understand that on the north side of Grinnell Land he came across hummocks which measured 43 feet. I do not feel at all certain that these were not in reality icebergs; but it is no doubt possible that such hummocks might be formed by violent pressure against land or something resembling it. After our experience, however, I cannot believe in the possibility of their occurring in open sea. [36] On a later occasion they bored down 30 feet without reaching the lower surface of the ice. [37] When we had fire in the stoves later, especially during the following winter, there was not a sign of damp anywhere--neither in saloon nor small cabins. It was, if anything, rather too dry, for the panels of the walls and roof dried and shrank considerably. [38] Apparently modelled on the title of the well-known magazine, Kringsjaa, which means "A Look Around" or "Survey." Framsjaa might be translated "The Fram's Lookout." [39] The name Peter Henriksen generally went by on board. [40] Refers to the fact that Amundsen hated card-playing more than anything else in the world. He called cards "the devil's playbooks." [41] Nickname of our meteorologist, Johansen, Professor Mohn being a distinguished Norwegian meteorologist. [42] This signature proved to be forged, and gave rise to a lawsuit so long and intricate that space does not permit an account of it to be given. [43] He says "ei borsja" for "a gun" instead of "en bosse." [44] This was the nickname of the starboard four-berth cabin. [45] A Norwegian newspaper. [46] In spite of this bending of the strata, the surface of the ice and snow remained even. [47] So we called some light trousers of thin close cotton, which we used as a protection against the wind and snow. [48] This gull is often called by this name, after its first discoverer. It has acquired its other name, "rose gull," from its pink color. [49] Up to now they had their kennels on deck. [50] The anniversary of the Norwegian Constitution. [51] Without the mark of the "union" with Sweden. [52] "Normal arbeidsdage" = normal working-day. [53] The pet name of the cooking-range in the galley.