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We had at present a better opportunity of studying it than we desired. It occurs where a surface layer of fresh water rests upon the salt water of the sea, and this fresh water is carried along with the ship gliding on the heavier sea beneath it as if on a fixed foundation. WE HAD AT PRESENT A BETTER OPPORTUNITY OF STUDYING IT THAN WE DESIRED IT OCCURS WHERE A SURFACE LAYER OF FRESH WATER RESTS UPON THE SALT WATER OF THE SEA AND THIS FRESH WATER IS CARRIED ALONG WITH THE SHIP GLIDING ON THE HEAVIER SEA BENEATH IT AS IF ON A FIXED FOUNDATION
nds and face. To my astonishment, when the water came in contact with my lips, I could taste no salt. I was startled by the discovery. "Father!" I fairly gasped, "the water, the water; it is fresh!" "What, Olaf?" exclaimed my father, glancing hastily around. "Surely you are mistaken. There is no land. You are going mad." "But taste it!" I cried. And thus we made the discovery that the water was indeed fresh, absolutely so, without the least briny taste or even the suspicion of a salty flavor. We forthwith filled our two remaining water-casks, and my father declared it was a heavenly dispensation of mercy from the gods Odin and Thor. We were almost beside ourselves with joy, but hunger bade us end our enforced fast. Now that we had found fresh water in the open sea, what might we not expect in this strange latitude where ship had never before sailed and the splash of an oar had never been heard? (11) (11 In vol. I, page 196, Nansen writes: "It is a peculiar phenomenon,--this dead water. URPOSE OF LAVING MY HANDS AND FACE TO MY ASTONISHMENT WHEN THE WATER CAME IN CONTACT WITH MY LIPS I COULD TASTE NO SALT I WAS STARTLED BY THE DISCOVERY FATHER I FAIRLY GASPED THE WATER THE WATER IT IS FRESH WHAT OLAF EXCLAIMED MY FATHER GLANCING HASTILY AROUND SURELY YOU ARE MISTAKEN THERE IS NO LAND YOU ARE GOING MAD BUT TASTED I CRIED AND THUS WE MADE THE DISCOVERY THAT THE WATER WAS INDEED FRESH ABSOLUTELY SO WITHOUT THE LEAST BRINY TASTE OR EVEN THE SUSPICION OF A SALTY FLAVOUR WE FORTHWITH FILLED OUR TWO REMAINING WATER CASKS AND MY FATHER DECLARED IT WAS A HEAVENLY DISPENSATION OF MERCY FROM THE GODS ODIN AND THOR WE WERE ALMOST BESIDE OURSELVES WITH JOY BUT HUNGER BADE US END OUR ENFORCED FAST NOW THAT WE HAD FOUND FRESH WATER IN THE OPEN SEA WHAT MIGHT WE NOT EXPECT IN THIS STRANGE LATITUDE WHERE SHIP HAD NEVER BEFORE SAILED AND THE SPLASH OF AN OAR HAD NEVER BEEN HEARD NOTE ELEVEN IN VOLUME ONE PAGE ONE NINETY SIX NANSEN WRITES QUOTE IT IS A PECULIAR PHENOMENON THIS DEAD WATER
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