CONCLUSION 



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taught — namely, that a good deal can be achieved with small 

 resources. Even if explorers have to live in Eskimo fashion and 

 content themselves with the barest necessaries, they may, pro- 

 vided they are suitably equipped, make good headway and cover 

 considerable distances in regions which have hitherto been re- 

 garded as almost inaccessible. 



Mean Temperatures (Fahr.) for every Month during the 

 Drift of the " Fram " 



Months 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 

 September 

 October . 

 November 

 December 



1893 



+ 29-1 



— I.I 



— 11.6 



— 20.6 



1894 



32.3 



— 32.1 



-35-1 



- 6.1 



+ 13-8 

 + 29-3 

 + 32.4 

 + 30.2 



+ 17-1 



- 8.5 

 -23-4 



— 30.8 



1895 



— 28.1 

 -34-2 



— 30.6 



— 19.7 

 + 10.2 

 + 28.0 

 + 32.5 

 + 27-3 

 + 14-9 



— 6.2 



— 23.6 



— 27,2 



1896 



35-3 

 -30.5 



- 1-7 



- 0.6 

 -f- 12.6 

 + 28.9 

 + 31-8 

 + 34-1 



Continuous Periods of Temperature under —40° 



* January 



f December 



