Prepared February, 2011
FARTHEST NORTH
by
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen
Volume II
1897
February, 2011.
CONTENTS.
I. WE PREPARE FOR THE SLEDGE EXPEDITION 001
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015 016
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019 020
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027 028
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II. THE NEW YEAR, 1895 041
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075 076
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081 082
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III. WE MAKE A START 090
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IV. WE SAY GOOD-BYE TO THE "FRAM" 132
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V. A HARD STRUGGLE 157
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VI. BY SLEDGE AND KAYAK 236
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VII. LAND AT LAST 308
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VIII. THE NEW YEAR, 1896 454
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IX. 'THE JOURNEY SOUTHWARD 487
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APPENDIX.
Report of Captain Otto
Sverdrup on the Drifting of the "Fram" from March 14, 1895.
I. MARCH 15 TO JUNE 22, 1895 601
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615 616
617
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619 620
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627 628
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II. JUNE 22 TO AUGUST 15, 1895 633
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III. AUGUST 15 TO JANUARY i, 1896 648
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IV. JANUARY I TO MAY 17, 1896 668
669 670
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673 674
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682
V. THE THIRD SUMMER 683
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694 695
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CONCLUSION 707
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INDEX 715 716
717
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719 720
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727 728
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COLORED
PLATES
NOTE: Many plates are included in the text. The following are
additions inserted between pages of text.
For Plates I-VIII see Volume I
IX. LIGHT PHENOMENA IN THE POLAR NIGHT (NOVEMBER 22, 1893) Facing p. 96
X. THE POLAR NIGHT (NOVEMBER 24, 1893) 176 Facing p. 176
XI. MOON-RING WITH MOCK MOONS, AND A SUGGESTION OF HORIZONTAL AXES
(NOVEMBER 24, 1893) Facing p. 248
XII. MOONLIGHT PHENOMENA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE POLAR NIGHT (NOVEMBER,
1893) Facing
p. 320
XIII. STREAMERS OF AURORA BOREALIS (NOVEMBER 28, 1893) Facing
p. 400
XIV. ICE NEAR THE "FRAM" (JULY 4, 1894) Facing p. 472
XV. AURORA BOREALIS (OCTOBER 18, I894i. Facing p. 584
XVI. AN AURORAL CROWN (DECEMBER 1894) Facing p. 664
OTHER
PLATES
Hjalmar Johansen, Facing p. 2
The "Fram" in the Ice, Facing p. 54
"Nothing but Ice, Ice to the Horizon", Facing
p. 162
Baro the Runaway, Facing p.
178
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