X ILL USTRA TIONS 



PAGB 



THE STERN OF THE " FRAM." JOHANSEN AND " SULTAN " 



(JUNE l6, 1894) 499 



BLESSING GOES OFF IN SEARCH OF ALGtE 503 



A SUMMER EVENING (jULY 14, 1 894) 505 



BLESSING FISHING FOR ALG^ 507 



PRESSURE -RIDGE ON THE PORT QUARTER OF THE 



"FRAM" (JULY I, 1894) 509 



SKELETONS OF A KAYAK FOR ONE MAN (BAMBOO) AND 



OF A DOUBLE KAYAK, LYING ON A HAND-SLEDGE . 5 II 



A SUMMER EVENING (jULY I4, 1894) 519 



TAILPIECE 524 



PETTERSEN AFTER THE EXPLOSION 529 



SNOW-SHOE PRACTICE (SEPTEMBER 28, 1 894) 542 



RETURN FROM A SNOW-SHOE RUN (SEPTEMBER 28, 1 894) 544 



BLOCK OF ICE (SEPTEMBER 28, 1 894) 546 



THE WANING DAY (OCTOBER, 1 894) 548 



A SNOW-SHOE EXCURSION (OCTOBER, 1 894) 553 



IN LINE FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER 555 



DEEP-WATER TEMPERATURE. "UP WITH THE THERMOM- 

 ETER" (JULY 12, 1894) 559 



ON THE AFTER-DECK OF THE " FRAM " (OCTOBER, 1 894). 563 



THE RETURN OF SNOW-SHOERS Facing p. 566 



MAPS [In Cover-pocket] 



PRELIMINARY SKETCH-MAP OF FRANZ JOSEF LAND. 



PRELIMINARY MAP OF THE ROUTE OF THE " FRAM." 



MAP SHOWING THE ROUTE OF THE " FRAM," AND NANSEN'S 



AND JOHANSEN'S SLEDGE JOURNEY. 

 PHYSICAL CHART OF NORTH POLAR REGIONS. 



