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Bernt Bentzen, born in 1860, went to sea for several 

 years. In 1890 he passed his mate's examination, since 

 which he has sailed as mate in several voyages to the 

 Arctic Sea. We enraged him at Tromso just as we 



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were starting. It was 8.30 when he came on board to 



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speak to me, and at 10 o'clock the Fram set sail. 



