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Posted: 14 Sep 2023

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SOUTH WITH THE SUN •
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The Fram

The Fram
Impatient with the slow speed and erratic character of the drift, after 18 months Nansen and a chosen companion, Hjalmar Johansen, left the ship with a team of Samoyed dogs and sledges and made for the pole.

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 Dinesh
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The Fram drifted north and south within the ice pack, and Nansen’s moods followed that drift. When the ‘Frm’ drifted farther north he was happy; when it drifted south, he was despondent. He tried to focus on positive things; he read books, observed the natural beauty surrounding him, and continued to take depth measurements of the ocean. During these measurements, he discovered that the deep polar basis ws an area where the waters could reach upto one thousand fathoms deep. In spite of his discoveries, Nansen was restless and home sick, and his heart ached to see his wife and daughter. The slow drift wore him down to despair. ~ Page 40

Nansen and Johnsen continued paddling, and on June 17 they landed on another island. Nansen decided to go for a hide and explore the island; he thought he heard a dog bark and a man’s voice. He caught sight of the man. It was Fredrick Jackson, the leader of the Royal Geographical Society's Jackson-Harmsworth Arctic expedition. Jackson and his crew had been exploring Franz Josef Land. He invited Nansen and Johansen to be his guests, and when the ‘Windward’ came to pick up some of Jackson’s crew, Nansen and Johansen sailed with them. . . . On August 13, 1896, they arrived in Norway, and eight days later Nansen read a telegram from Otto’s Sverdrup: “Fridtjor Nansen: ‘Fram’ arrived in good condition. All well on board. Shll start once for Tromso. . . . .

Nansen read the telegram over and over again before he could believe it was true, and he wrote, “and then there came a strange serene happiness over my mind such as I had never known before.” and on September 9 the ‘Fram’ with all her crew sailed up Christiania Fjord, and they were given an unforgettable welcome home. ~ Page 45

SOUTH WITH THE SUN
8 months ago. Edited 8 months ago.
 LotharW
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Was müssen die Männer für harte Bedingungen erlebt haben...
8 months ago.
Dinesh club has replied to LotharW club
Indeed. The book makes very interesting reading, like a story, but it is historical, contents from their dairies

And Thank you
8 months ago.

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