Fridtjof Nansen: A Book for the Young

by Jacob B. Bull

[3] Fjeld (pron. fyell), mountain.

[4] Myrstölen, the last house on the eastern side of the mountain inhabited the whole year through.

[5] Aurland and Vosse skavlen, alternative routes across the mountains from Christiania to Bergen.

[6] Sæter, mountain hut, used by graziers during the summer months.

[7] Skaal, your health.

[8] King Sverre, King of Norway 1177 to 1202.

[9] An institution where animal life is studied.

Chapter IV.

Nansen Meets Nordenskjöld.[1]—Preparations for the Greenland Expedition.—Nansen’s Followers on the Expedition.—Starting on the Expedition.—Drifting on an Ice-floe.—Landing on East Coast of Greenland.