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pack ice and between icebergs the Fram had to find her way. One 

 may well say that this was an achievement that can be realized only 

 by experienced and courageous sailors, a deed that honors the whole 

 nation. 



In conclusion, you wiU allow me to say that it was these same 

 10 men who on February 15, 1911, hoisted the flag of their country, 

 the Norwegian flag, on a more southerly point of the earth than the 

 crew of any other ship whose keel ever cleft the waves. ^ This is a 

 worthy record in our record century. Farthest north, farthest soul^h 

 did our dear old Fram penetrate. 



1 The Fram penetrated to the head of the Bay of Whales, 78° 41' S. (New York Times, Mar. 9, 1912.) 



