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The difference between the two strata was in this case so great that while we had drinking water on the surface, the water we got from the bottom cock of the engine room was far too salt to be used for the boiler.") THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO STRATA WAS IN THIS CASE SO GREAT THAT WHILE WE HAD DRINKING WATER ON THE SURFACE THE WATER WE GOT FROM THE BOTTOM COCK OF THE ENGINE MOON WAS FAR TOO SALT TO BE USED FOR THE BOILER
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. 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. 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 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
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