SNOWSTORM AND MISFORTUNE. 



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proceeding, particularly as Olsen's arm was so painful, so I decided 

 to turn back after all, and try to find our way to Nordstrand. This 

 was not so easy now that we had the wind against us, but the 

 attempt must be made. 



We therefore turned back, this time with the wind and drift 

 right in our teeth. The dogs were often quite unable to stand on 

 the steel-bright ice. All this was disagreeable enough for anybody 



Ktolz. Foskeim. 



Jfvdtvedt. 



AFTER THE COALING. 



Olsen. 



who was intact, but for Olsen, poor fellow, with only one available 

 arm, and suffering horrible pain in the other, it was bad indeed. 



Our drive was anything but a pleasant one. If anything could 

 have been worse it must have been the position we should now 

 have been in had we ventured out on to Norskebugten. At best, 

 if we had not gone to the bottom when the young ice was broken 

 up, we should have been cut off from our friends for an indefinite 

 length of time ; so that, despite all, we had reason to think our- 

 selves lucky, inasmuch as we had noticed the storm in time. We 



