54 PLAN AND PREPARATIONS 



In accordance with the Storthing's resolution of 

 February 9, 1909, the Fram was lent for the use of the 

 expedition, and a sum of 75,000 kroner (4,132) was 

 voted for repairs and necessary alterations. 



The provisions were chosen with the greatest care, 

 and packed with every precaution. All groceries were 

 soldered in tin boxes, and then enclosed in strong wooden 

 cases. The packing of tinned provisions is of enormous 

 importance to a Polar expedition; it is impossible to 

 give too much attention to this part of the supplies. 

 Any carelessness, any perfunctory packing on the part 

 of the factory, will as a rule lead to scurvy. It is 

 an interesting fact that on the four Norwegian Polar 

 expeditions the three voyages of the Fram and the 

 Gjoas voyage not a single case of scurvy occurred. 

 This is good evidence of the care with which these 

 expeditions were provisioned. 



In this matter we owe a deep debt of gratitude above 

 all to Professor Sophus Torup, who has always been the 

 supervising authority in the matter of provisioning, this 

 time as well as on the former occasions. 



Great praise is also due to the factories that supplied 

 our tinned goods. By their excellent and conscientious 

 work they deserved well of the expedition. In this case 

 a part of the supplies was entrusted to a Stavanger 

 factory, which, in addition to the goods supplied to 

 order, with great generosity placed at the disposal of 

 the expedition provisions to the value of 2,000 kroner 



