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
Roast and boiled beef, 14 tins of 72 pounds 1008
Minced collops, 3 tins of 48 pounds 144
Corned beef, 3 tins of 84 pounds 252
Compressed ham, 3 tins of 84 pounds 252
Corned mutton, 17 tins of 6 pounds 102
Bread, 37 tins of 50 pounds 1850
Knorr's soups, various, 2 tins of 56 1/2 pounds 113
Vegetables: white cabbage, julienne, pot-herbs 60
Flour, sugar, 3 cases of 40 pounds 120
Oatmeal, 4 cases of 80 pounds 320
Groats, 4 cases of 80 pounds 320
Cranberry, 2 cases of 10 pounds 20
Margarine, 20 jars of 28 pounds 560
Lunch tongue, 1 case 20
Danish butter, 2 cases 336
Stearine candles, 5 cases 200
Preserved fish, 1 tin 22
Macaroni, 1 case 50
Viking potatoes, 4 cases 208
Våge's fish flour, 2 cases 200
Frame-food jelly, 1 jar 190
Marmalade jelly, 1 jar 54
Lime-juice jelly, 1 jar 54
Cadbury's chocolate, 3 cases 144
Lactoserin cocoa, 1 case 18
Milk, 10 cases of 48 tins 480
Tea, 1 case 20
English pemmican, 13 cases 756
Danish pemmican, 1 case 68
Dried liver patties, 3 cases 204
Vril-food, 5 cases 208
Besides these, 2 tins of salt, 1 tin of mustard, and 1 tin of pepper.
When all the stores were ready and packed, they were provisionally
stowed at certain fixed points on deck, under the awning forward. I
did not want them taken out on the ice until later in the year, or
until circumstances rendered it necessary. We had still abundance of
coal--about 100 tons. I considered that 20 tons would be about enough
for six months' consumption on the ice. With that quantity, therefore,
we filled butts, casks, and sacks, and took it out on the ice, together
with 1400 pounds of tinned potatoes, about 45 gallons of petroleum,
about 80 gallons of gas-oil, and about 34 gallons of coal-oil.
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