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The whole work is estimated to form five or six quai-to volumes, which 

 it is hoped will be finished in the course of about two years. It will be issued 

 in the Enghsh language only. 



If nothing prevents me, it is my intention to give at the end of the 

 work, a complete summary of the Scientific Results of the Expedition. 



GoDTHAB, Lysaker. December, 1899. 



FRIDTJOF NANSEN. 



