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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... turned - up portion of their breeches . Then they went and fished for trout or minnows . Now and then the hook would go astray and stick fast in Fridtiof's under lip ; whereupon Mrs. Nansen would have recourse to father's razor , make a ...
... turned - up portion of their breeches . Then they went and fished for trout or minnows . Now and then the hook would go astray and stick fast in Fridtiof's under lip ; whereupon Mrs. Nansen would have recourse to father's razor , make a ...
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... turned the corner , mother came towards us . " Is that you , boys ? " " Now we're in for it ! " we thought . have you been ? " mother asked . " Where ' Well , we had been to Sörkedal . Now for it ! But mother only said in an odd way ...
... turned the corner , mother came towards us . " Is that you , boys ? " " Now we're in for it ! " we thought . have you been ? " mother asked . " Where ' Well , we had been to Sörkedal . Now for it ! But mother only said in an odd way ...
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... turned cold . The tramps , too , became longer , when the boys grew big enough to take part in the hare- hunting at Krokskogen . This involved going for long intervals quite without food , and there would often be scarcely an hour's ...
... turned cold . The tramps , too , became longer , when the boys grew big enough to take part in the hare- hunting at Krokskogen . This involved going for long intervals quite without food , and there would often be scarcely an hour's ...
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... turned out that they had , so to speak , stumbled plump on the preserves of the Polar bear . Nansen has himself drawn upon his diary for vivacious descriptions of these bear- hunts . Day after day was filled with the delicious unrest of ...
... turned out that they had , so to speak , stumbled plump on the preserves of the Polar bear . Nansen has himself drawn upon his diary for vivacious descriptions of these bear- hunts . Day after day was filled with the delicious unrest of ...
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... turned in for a little rest , and all was quiet on deck ; only " the Balloon , " who had the watch , was pacing up and down . I was buried in my work and had almost forgotten where I was , when suddenly I heard " the Balloon " call out ...
... turned in for a little rest , and all was quiet on deck ; only " the Balloon , " who had the watch , was pacing up and down . I was buried in my work and had almost forgotten where I was , when suddenly I heard " the Balloon " call out ...
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