Farthest North, Vol. I
Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896
Farthest North, published in 1897, is Fridtjof Nansen's record of the Fram expedition of 1893 to 1896, and this first volume covers its origin and the first long year in the ice. Nansen explains his theory that a current carries the polar ice from Siberia toward Greenland and his plan to build a ship strong enough to be frozen in and drift with it; describes the Fram and the crew of thirteen; and narrates the departure from Norway in June 1893, the passage of the Kara Sea, Cape Chelyuskin and the Siberian coast, the freezing-in in September, and the first polar winter, with its darkness, bears, scientific routine and the slow drift that was not always northward. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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