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Farthest North, Vol. II / Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 — Fridtjof Nansen

Farthest North, Vol. II / Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896

Fridtjof Nansen

  • Travel
  • Book language: English
  • 402 pages

The second volume of Fridtjof Nansen’s account of the Fram expedition (1893–1896), a classic Arctic travel narrative. It follows Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen as they leave the ship for a sledge and kayak journey, while an appendix records Otto Sverdrup’s report on the Fram’s drift. It offers a firsthand story of polar endurance, observation, and uncertainty.

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Contents

  1. Contents of Vol. II.
  2. Illustrations in Vol. II.
  3. Colored Plates in Vol. II.
  4. Farthest North Chapter I We Prepare for the Sledge Expedition
  5. Chapter II The New Year, 1895
  6. Chapter III We Make a Start
  7. Chapter IV We Say Good-bye to the “Fram”
  8. Chapter V A Hard Struggle
  9. Chapter VI By Sledge and Kayak
  10. Chapter VII Land at Last
  11. Chapter VIII The New Year, 1896
  12. Chapter IX The Journey Southward
  13. Appendix Report of Captain Otto Sverdrup on the Drifting of the “Fram” from March 14, 1895
  14. Chapter I March 15 to June 22, 1895
  15. Chapter II June 22 to August 15, 1895
  16. Chapter III August 15 to January 1, 1896
  17. Chapter IV January 1 to May 17, 1896
  18. Chapter V The Third Summer
  19. Conclusion
  20. Index
  21. TRAVEL, EXPLORATION, and DESCRIPTION A SELECT LIST OF BOOKS
  22. Colophon
  23. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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