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APPENDIX 



The weather was, as a rule, fine during the last three months 

 of 1895, with clear air and light breezes; only now and then (for 

 example, on October 29th, and November iith, 26th, and 27th) 

 the wind freshened to half a gale, with a v^elocit}' of as much as 

 48 feet per second. 



In the beginning of September we found that the Fraui was 

 drawing more and more water, so that we had a stiff job every 

 day to pump and bale her empty. But from the 23d onward 

 the leakage steadily declined, and about the second week of 

 October the engine-room was quite water-tight. It still leaked a 

 little, however, in the main hold; but soon the leak ceased here 

 also, the water having frozen in the ship's side. For the rest, we 

 employed our time in all sorts of work about the ship, cutting up 

 and removing ice in the hold, cleaning, putting things in order, 

 etc. 



Not until September 23d did the state of the ice permit us to 

 carry out our intention of fetching back the things from the 

 great hummock. The surface was that day excellent for sledges 

 with German -silver runners; wooden runners, on the other 

 hand, went rather heavily. We had also done some road-making 

 here and there, so that the conveyance of the goods went on 

 easily and rapidly. We brought back to the ship, in all, thirty- 

 six boxes of dog biscuits, and four barrels of petroleum. Next 

 day we brought all that was left, and stacked it on the ice close 

 to the ship. 



On September i6th Scott-Hansen and Nordahl set about 

 preparations for building a proper house for their magnetic ob- 



