386 FARTHEST NORTH 



across it, which no doubt accounted for the explosions I 

 heard last night. The ice to starboard was also cracked 

 in several places. The pressure had evidently come from 

 the north or N.N.E. The ridge behind us is one of the 

 highest I have seen yet. I believe that if the Fram had 

 been lying there she would have been lifted right out of 

 the water. I walked for some distance in a northeasterly 

 direction, but saw no signs of pressure there. 



" Another Sunday. It is wonderful that the time can 

 pass so c|uickly as it does. For one thing we are in 

 better spirits, knowing that we are drifting steadily north. 

 A rough estimate of to-day s observation gives 79° 50' 

 north latitude. That is not much since Monday ; but 

 then yesterday and to-day there has been almost no 

 wind at all, and the other days it has been very light — 

 only once or twice with as much as 9 feet velocity, the 

 rest of the time 3 and 6. 



"A remarkable event happened yesterday afternoon: I 

 got Munthe s picture of the ' Three Princesses ' fastened 

 firmly on the wall. It is a thing that we have been going 

 to do ever since we left Christiania, but we have never 

 been able to summon up energy for such a heavy under- 

 taking — it meant knocking in four nails — and the picture 

 has amused itself by constantly falling and guillotining 

 whoever happened to be sitting on the sofa below it. 



"Tuesday, January 30th. 79° 49' north latitude, 134^^ 

 57' east longitude, is the tale told by this afternoon's ob- 

 servations, while by Sunday afternoon's we were in 79^ 



