Fridtiof Nansen, 1861-1893Longmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 402 pages Biographical accounts up to the time of commencement of the first Fram expedition, 1893-96. |
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... sound . Here at Fröen he first ran his head against the ice -the rough ice in the yard . When the little five - year- old rushed into the kitchen , there was scarcely a white spot left on his face , for the blood that trickled down it ...
... sound . Here at Fröen he first ran his head against the ice -the rough ice in the yard . When the little five - year- old rushed into the kitchen , there was scarcely a white spot left on his face , for the blood that trickled down it ...
Page 37
... sound of a panting engine or the warning whistle of a steamboat cautiously threading the intricacies of the fjord in the dense sea - fog . Nor does the dirty town - fog of Christiania extend so far as this . However thick and heavy it ...
... sound of a panting engine or the warning whistle of a steamboat cautiously threading the intricacies of the fjord in the dense sea - fog . Nor does the dirty town - fog of Christiania extend so far as this . However thick and heavy it ...
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... sound is heard save the soft trickle of the ice - bound river . But there are times when this silence is broken . Shouting and laughter are heard on every lea , and all the forest farms are occupied . Bands of snow - shoers and sport ...
... sound is heard save the soft trickle of the ice - bound river . But there are times when this silence is broken . Shouting and laughter are heard on every lea , and all the forest farms are occupied . Bands of snow - shoers and sport ...
Page 53
... sound as the sea washed over them , and were left far behind . They were only scattered outposts . But suddenly I was conscious of a strange brightening over the northern sky , strongest on the very rim of the horizon , but perceptible ...
... sound as the sea washed over them , and were left far behind . They were only scattered outposts . But suddenly I was conscious of a strange brightening over the northern sky , strongest on the very rim of the horizon , but perceptible ...
Page 90
... sound to be heard except my own footsteps in the snow . It gives one a singular sensation thus to wander quite alone over mountain wastes in the clear and starry night , far from all human habitations , and high above the life of men ...
... sound to be heard except my own footsteps in the snow . It gives one a singular sensation thus to wander quite alone over mountain wastes in the clear and starry night , far from all human habitations , and high above the life of men ...
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