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 By Dr. FRIDTJOF NANSEN With an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram About 120 Full-page and Numerous Text Illustrations 16 Colored Plates in Facsimile from Dr. Nansen's Own Sketches, Etched Portrait, and Photogravures In two volumes Vol. II. New York and London Harper & Brothers Publishers Copyright, 1897, by Harper & Brothers. All rights reserved. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. CHAP. PAGE I. We Prepare for the Sledge Expedition 1 II. The New Year, 1895 41 III. We Make a Start 90 IV. We Say Good-bye to the "Fram" 132 V. A Hard Struggle 157 VI. By Sledge and Kayak 236 VII. Land at Last 308 VIII. The New Year, 1896 454 IX. The Journey Southward 487 APPENDIX Report of Captain Otto Sverdrup on the Drifting of the "Fram" from March 14, 1895. I. March 15 to June 22, 1895 601 II. June 22 to August 15, 1895 633 III. August 15 to January 1, 1896 648 IV. January 1 to May 17, 1896 668 V. The Third Summer 683 Conclusion 707 Index 715 ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOL. II. PAGE.