Nansen's Fram

Ñansen iuvented the tu ode 1 of the Fram, makiug her huil round and slippery, liko an oel, with no corners or sharp edges for thc ice to seize npon. She is the strongest vessel ever nsed iu arctic esploration. He said that pressure wonld simply liít her on the ice, and so her bottom, near the keel, was made almost flat in order that she might not capsize while on the ice surface, and her sorew aud rudder wcre also ingeniously protected. Thc many experts who said her design would aot save the Fram from instant dcstruction were mistaken, for she met these rcsistlessicepressures, aud thcy ruerely li.'ced her out of her oradle, and she rested safcly ou the surface.