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" The Seventeenth May, our memorial day, 



Recalls what our fathers have done ; 

 It cheers us and heartens us on to the fray. 

 And shows us that where there's a will there's a way. 

 And, with right on our side, we may hope to display 



The proud banner of victory won." 



During the dinner speeches were made in honor of the day, of 

 Norway, of Nansen and Johansen, etc. 



During the days following May 17th we were occupied in 

 getting the engine and its appurtenances ready for work and 

 clearing the rudder-well and the propeller-well. First we at- 

 tempted to pump water into the boiler through a hose let down 

 into a hole out upon the ice. But the cold was still so intense 

 that the water froze in the pump. We were obliged to carry 

 water in buckets and pour it into the boiler by means of a 

 caiu'as hose, made for the occasion and carried from the boiler 

 to the hatchway above the engine-room. Amundsen thought 

 at first that he had got the bottom cock clear so that he could 

 let the water run direct into the boiler, but it soon became 

 evident that it was too slow work as long as there was still any 

 ice around the cock. Later on we hoisted the funnel and 

 lighted the furnaces, and on the afternoon of May 19th the 

 steam was up for the first time since we got into the ice in the 

 autumn of 1893. 



Next we cut away as much of the ice as possible in the pro- 

 peller-well, and carried a steam hose down into it. It was very 

 effectual. We also attempted to use the steam for melting 

 away the ice in the propeller-sheath around the shaft, but with- 

 out apparent success. We easily procured water for the boiler 

 now by filling the water-tank on the deck with ice and melting 

 it with steam. 



After supper we went down into the engine-room to try to 

 turn the shaft, and finally we succeeded in giving it a three- 

 quarters turn. This was victory, and we were all fully satisfied 

 with the day's work. 



The following day we melted away the ice in the rudder-well 

 by steam, and at 1.30 P.M. Amundsen began to "move" the 



