Farthest North, Vol. I is Fridtjof Nansen's travel account of the Norwegian Fram expedition of 1893–1896 and its attempt to drift through the Arctic ice. It covers preparations, departure, the Kara Sea voyage, and life in the ice, offering a vivid record of polar endurance and exploration.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship “Fram” 1893–96 and of a Fifteen Months’ Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen
By Dr. Fridtjof Nansen With an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram About 120 Full-page and Numerous Text Illustrations 16 Colored Plates in Facsimile from Dr. Nansen’s Own Sketches, Etched Portrait, and Photogravures In two volumes Vol. I. New York and London Harper & Brothers Publishers Etched frontispiece of Fridtjof Nansen.
Copyright, 1897, by Harper & Brothers. All rights reserved. TO HER WHO CHRISTENED THE SHIP AND HAD THE COURAGE TO REMAIN BEHIND Contents of Vol. I. Chap. Page I. Introduction 1 II. Preparations and Equipment 54 III. The Start 81 IV. Farewell To Norway 104 V. Voyage Through the Kara Sea 146 VI. The Winter Night 237 VII. The Spring and Summer of 1894 442 VIII. Second Autumn in the Ice 525
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