Farthest North, Vol. II: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896Nansen, Fridtjof
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Farthest North, Vol. II: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896
Nansen, Fridtjof
"Fram" Expedition (1893-1896); Arctic regions
Sailing Kayaks (Photogravure) Frontispiece
Hjalmar Johansen Facing p. 2
At the Supper-table (February 14, 1895) 9
Scott-Hansen's Observatory 17
Musical Entertainment in the Saloon 35
Captain Sverdrup in His Cabin 49
The "Fram" in the Ice (Photogravure) Facing p. 54
"All Hands on Deck!" 56
"A Most Remarkable Moon" 65
The "Fram" After an Ice-pressure (January 10, 1895) 67
The Winter Night (January 14, 1895) 71
A Whist-party in the Saloon (February 15, 1895) 79
Upper End of the Supper-table (February 15, 1895) 83
Stopping a Dog-fight 85
Lower End of Supper-table 87
The Crew of the "Fram" after Their Second Winter
(About February 24, 1895) 93
The "Fram" in the Ice (1895) 103
Sunday Afternoon on Board 107
The Cooking Apparatus 122
The Start from the "Fram" (March 14, 1895) 133
Our Last Camp before Parting from Our Comrades 137
A Night Camp on the Journey North 154
Tailpiece 156
Northward through the Drift-snow (April, 1895) 159
Nothing but Ice, Ice to the Horizon (April 7, 1895)
Facing p. 162
Over Difficult Pressure-mounds (April, 1895) 165
"I Went on Ahead on Snow-shoes" 169
"On Tolerably Good Ground" 171
Our Northernmost Camp, 86° 13.6' N. Lat. (April 8, 1895) 173
"Baro," the Runaway Facing p. 178
Rest (April, 1895) 181
Johansen Carving our Names in a Stock of Driftwood 185
Peculiar Ice Stratification (April, 1895) 187
"We Made Fairly Good Progress" 203
Repairing the Kayaks 240
A Coign of Vantage. Packed Ice 251
"A Curdled Sea" 257
Channels in the Ice in Summer (june, 1895) 263
"Suggen." "Kaifas" 277
Crossing a Crack in the Ice 287
Johansen Sitting in the Sleeping-bag in the Hut 293
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