“‘Oh, for your part, no doubt you’ll be off to the South Pole,’ he said.
“‘And you?’ I replied. ‘Will you tuck up your sleeves and begin again at the old work?’
“‘Oh, very likely! but on my word I ought to have a week’s holiday first. After such a trip I should want it, before buckling to at the sledge-hammer again.’”
[1] This gull is often called by this name, after its first discoverer. It has acquired its other name, “rose gull,” from its pink color.
[2] Up to now they had their kennels on deck.
[3] The anniversary of the Norwegian Constitution.
[4] Without the mark of the “union” with Sweden.
[5] “Normal arbeidsdage” = normal working-day.