Garland Globe | 1909-12-25 | Page 5 | Nansen's Christmas Adventure

Nanscn's Christmas Adventure. 3 Tho fnmous Norwegian navigator, f Nans'cn, in his thrilling description of f the expedition for tho discovery of tho north pole, gives an nccount of tho first Christmas, when their vessel wbb fast locked in Arctic ico. Outside, tho "; thermometer stood at 3G below zero, t but in tho cabin all was merriment ' ' and good cheer. The menu of their dinnor embraced ox-tail soup, fish pudding, roasted vein-deer, vein-deer, with cranberry Jam, and tho des sert Included Christmas cakes, "marsh-pain," "marsh-pain," coffee, ilgs, almonds and raisins. Ho says: "We could hardly havo been better oh" at homo." Kvon tho Arctic cold and the faraway loneliness could ' not chill the Christmas spirit