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These trips would of course be only suitable to
tourists who are tolerable sailors, and those who
would not suffer any very serious inconvenience
from an accidental detention such as might occur
at some of the earlier trips before experience were
gained in the matter of judging how far it is safe
to venture after the ice begins to show itself.
For the same reason a reserve of provisions
should always be carried, and some guns and
ammunition. For my own part, I should not
venture to take a boarding-school party of
half-a-dozen ladies up to N. lat. 81° 30", until after a few
trial trips had been made, though I should hugely
enjoy the excursion myself.
There is just that small element of risk, the
remote possibility of a nip or freezing in for a
winter, that would largely add to the interest and
enjoyment of the trip by those properly prepared
for it. It must, however, always be remembered
that serious danger would be very remote indeed,
seeing that the maximum distance likely to be
attained is but three days out from Tromsö, from
whence relief would be immediately despatched if
the excursionists should fail to return at the end of
the accustomed week of Arctic outing.
The vessel should be built for strength and
safety rather than for speed. The Norwegians in
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