I, 



-n the first three sections of this paper, the observations imparted are 

 put together from Nansen's journals, supplemented by his verbal com- 

 ments and explanations during the preparation of the work. The last section 

 gives the observations made during the time that the ship was drifting with 

 the ice in the summers of 1895 and 1896, and is compiled from written and 

 verbal information received from Scott-Hansen, Blessing and Mogstad, and 

 also from the journals kept by Sverdrup. 



The first section (I) treats of the journey along the north coast of 

 Siberia, from Yugor Strait, July 29th, 1893, until the closing in of the ship 

 to the north-west of the New Siberian Islands on September 25th, 1893 

 (78» 50' N. Lat., 132" 20' E. Long.). 



The birds observed during this time were principally on their way south- 

 wards. After the closing in of the ship, no birds were seen until the fol- 

 lowing year. 



The second section (II) gives the observations made at the time that 

 the 'Fram' was drifting with the ice towards the NW., during the first 

 summer, 1894, up to the time when Nansen and Johansen started on their 

 sledge-journey, Marcb 14th, 1895. This last point lies in about 84*> N. Lat., 

 101 » 55' E. Long. 



The first bird seen in the spring of 1894 (a gull, probably Pagophila 

 eburnea), appeared on May 13th; birds were seen now and again until after 

 the middle of August. After August 23rd, or the day when all the channels 

 and lanes about the ship began to freeze up, no birds were seen. 



