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so deep that we could not shove the fragments aside or under 

 each other. 



The next day began with half a gale from the southeast 

 and rain ; but at 6 o'clock the wind moderated and veered to 

 the south, and at 8 o'clock the ice around the lane began to 

 slacken a good deal. As there was now more room, we made 

 good progress with cutting our way through the new ice, and 

 before midday we had got the Fram hauled into the bay and 

 moored in the winter harbor which we all hoped might prove 

 her last. 



When Nansen and Johansen set out, they left seven dogs 

 behind, the bitch "Sussi" and the six youngest puppies: 

 " Kobben," " Snadden," " Bella," " Skvint," " Axel," and 

 " Boris." On April 25th " Sussi " gave birth to twelve pup- 

 pies. We had made a cozy little kennel for her on deck, 

 lining it with reindeer -skin. Petterson came down in the 

 morning, and told us that "Sussi" was running round whin- 

 ing and howling. Mogstad and I went up and shut her into 

 the kennel, where she at once gave birth to a puppy. When 

 the afternoon came, and we saw that more and more citizens 

 were being added to our community, we feared that the mother 

 would not be able to warm all her litter, and consequently re- 

 moved the whole family into the saloon. All the puppies were 

 large and handsome, most of them quite white, and looking as 

 though they would turn out regular little " bjelkier," as the Samo- 

 yedes call all white dogs. They grew and throve excellently as 

 saloon passengers, and were petted and spoiled by every one. 

 They made their home in the saloon for a month, and then we 

 transferred them to the above-mentioned kennel on deck. After 

 they had been up there for some weeks it appeared as though 

 they had suddenly stopped growing, although they were con- 

 stantly well fed with raw bear's-flesh, milk, and the broken meat 

 from our table. About the second week of August two of the 

 puppies died of convulsions. The doctor managed to save a 

 third by means of warm baths and careful nursing. At the 

 end of the month another of them was seized with convulsions 

 and died, although it, too, was treated with warm baths and 



