Seven Days North of Tibet

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The Nansen expedition, Seven Days North of Tibet:

 

But now, let us go back to February 16th and 19th of 1894, during the

first leg of the journey, and remember the Fram and its crew by what

could have been the most spectacular event of the adventure- the

sighting of the supposedly mock sun. The Fram lay ice-locked at 80*

North. Its position at the time of the sighting seems to have zig-

zagged a bit, but it was documented as being about 138* East

longitude. From this point, it is likely that the crew was actually

glimpsing into the hollow portion and observing the inner sun, or an

over-the-horizon mirage of the same, as the the opening is suspected

of being nearby.

 

Why would we suspect this? Because, as explained before, the zig-

zaging that the navigator experienced could have been an error caused

by a dip along the curvature of the doughnut-like opening to the

hollow earth as the ship flowed northwards while locked in by ice.

This is one strong indication that they were right on the rim of the

opening and that they couldn´t plot their longitude with complete

accuracy. In fact, they could have been even closer in than their

records show.

 

Of course, if all this talk of longitude, latitude, curvature and

magnetic dips is a bit confusing at first, the reader might feel more

comfortable remebering the lama´s words. Perhaps the reader has

anticipated that the Fram's position was actually about Seven Days

North of Tibet, in a northeastern direction, in a Northern ocean.

 

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