Le plus au nord; étant le record d'un voyage d'exploration du navire 'Fram' 1893-96, Et d'un voyage en traîneau de quinze mois par DrNansen et LieutJohansen . g hors du bateau les oiseaux que j'avais abattus, quand soudain anarwhal est apparu dans le canal près de notre lieu d'atterrissage habituel, où le harpon avec la ligne attachée est prêt à l'utilisation préimmédiate. J'ai rapidement saisi le harpon, mais l'antenne de ligne était trop courte, et quand j'ai eu ce droit la baleine se dédigeau-dessous de l'eau, tout comme j'étais prêt à le harpon. Un grand phoque occasionnel [PJioca barbatd) est également apparu à l'époque; nous les avons chassé som

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Farthest north; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893-96, and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by DrNansen and LieutJohansen . g out of the boat the birds I had shot, when suddenly anarwhal appeared in the channel close to our usual landing-place, where the harpoon with the line attached lay ready forimmediate use. I quickly seized the harpoon, but the coil ofline was too short, and when I had got this right the whale divedbelow the water, just as I was ready to harpoon him. An occasional large seal [PJioca barbatd) also appeared at thistime; we chased them sometimes, but without success ; they weretoo shy. With the fowling our luck was better, and so early as June7th we shot so many black guillemots, gulls, fulmars, and littleauks that we partook on that day of our first meal of fresh meatduring the year. The flesh of these birds is not, as a rule, valuedvery much, but we ate it with ravenous appetites, and found thatit had an excellent flavor—better than the tenderest youngptarmigan. One day three gulls appeared, and settled down at some dis-tance from the vessel. Pettersen fired twice at them and missed, . JUNE 22 TO AUGUST ij, 1895 ^37 they meanwhile resting calmly on the snow, and regarding himwith intense admiration. Finally they flew away, accompaniedby sundry blessings from the hunter, who was exasperated athis mishap, as he called it. The eye-witnesses of the bom-bardment had another idea of the mishap, and many werethe jokes that rained down upon the fellow when he returnedempty-handed. However, Pettersen soon became an ardent sportsman, anddeclared that one of the first things he would do when he re-turned home would be to buy a fowling-piece. He appeared tohave some talent as a marksman, though he had hardly everfired a shot before he came on board the Fram. Like all be-ginners, he had to put up with a good many misses before hegot so far as to hit his mark. But practice makes perfect; andone fine day he began to win our

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