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according to the Laplandic legend, are soaring
over the icefields in Greenland.
‘As for me, I am working hard at my
competition-problem, though without particular
enthusiasm.’
Sonia had recently made the acquaintance
of Frithjof Nansen during his visit to Stockholm,
and his personal appearance, as well as his daring
schemes, had inspired her with profound interest.
They had met only once, but the mutual
impression had been so deep, that both
afterwards thought this sympathy might have led
to a decisive result between them, if circumstances
had not kept them apart. In her next letter,
from January 1888, she writes again : ‘At present
I am taken up entirely with the most deeply
interesting article I have ever read. It was
sent me to-day by Nansen, and contains the
plan of his forthcoming expedition across the
icefields of Greenland. It made me quite sad
to read it. A Danish merchant has offered
to contribute 5000 crowns towards the expenses,
and I suppose no power on earth could keep
Nansen back. The article is so full of interest,
and so well written, that I shall send it to you
as soon as I know your exact address (of course,
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