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of the chief London newspapers,* left the ship. He had 

 accompanied Nansen from Vardo. At parting, Nansen 

 gave them a plentiful supply of provisions, Christofersen 

 and Trontheim having to await the arrival of the Urania, 

 as they were to go home by her. Precisely at 12 o'clock 

 on the night between August 4th and 5th the signal for 

 starting was given, and the Frani stood out to sea." 



On August 7th the Urania at last arrived. As I had 

 supposed, she had been stopped by ice, but had at last 

 got out of it uninjured. Christofersen and Trontheim 

 were able to sail for home in her on the iith, and 

 reached Vardo on the 2 2d, food having been very scarce 

 during the last part of the time. The ship, which had 

 left her home port, Brono, in May, was not provided for 

 so long a voyage, and these last days they lived chiefly 

 on dry biscuits, water, and — weevils. 



* I do not believe that Christofersen ever in his life had anything to 

 do with a London newspaper. 



