SECOXD AUTUMN IN THE ICE 



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the stars high overhead in the clear sky. In the south 

 is a smouldering aurora arch, which from time to time 

 sends up streamers ; a constant, restless flickering. 



" We have been talking a little about this expedition, 

 Sverdrup and L When we were out on the ice in the 



A SNOW-SHOE EXCURSION (OCTOBER, 1S94) 



(From a rhotogrciph] 



afternoon he suddenly said, ' Yes, next October you will, 

 perhaps, not be on board the Fram' To which I had to 

 answer that, unless the winter turned out badly, I prob- 

 ably should not. But still I cannot believe in this rightly 

 myself. 



