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night of this same day* and set sail on his long voyage 

 without waiting- for the coal sloop Urania, which he 

 thought must have been delayed by the ice. In the 

 evening Trontheim took leave of the whole party, with 

 hearty wishes for the success of the expedition. Along 

 with him Herr Ole Christofersen, correspondent of one 

 of the chief London newspapers, t left the ship. He had 

 accompanied Nansen from Vardo. At parting, Nansen 

 gave them a plentiful supply of provisions, Christofersen 

 and Trontheim having to await the arrival of the Urania, 

 as they were to go home by her. Precisely at i 2 o'clock 

 on the night between August 4th and 5th the signal for 

 starting was given, and the Frani stood out to sea." 



On August 7th the Urania at last arrived. As I had 

 supposed, she had been stopped by ice ; but had at last 

 got out of it uninjured. Christofersen and Trontheim 

 were able to sail for home in her on the iith, and 

 reached Vardo on the 22nd, food having been very 

 scarce during the last part of the time. The ship, which 

 had left her home port, Brono, in May, was not provided 

 for so long a voyage, and these last days they lived 

 chiefly on dry biscuits, water, and weevils. 



It was, in fact, the day after. 



t I do not believe that Christofersen ever in his life had anything to 

 do with a London newspaper. 



