EVEN DEEPER
It was Fridtjof (FRIT yawf) Nansen, the great Norwegian explorer, who went North to fathom the depths of the Arctic Ocean. After he found the place he was going to lower the lines, he lowered his first line. It didn’t reach bottom. In his log book he wrote, “deeper than that.” The next morning he dropped his second line. It didn’t touch bottom either. In his log book he wrote, “deeper than that.” He continued with all of his lines and he couldn’t find a line that would touch the bottom of this vast ocean. After each attempt he would write in his log book, “deeper than that.” This pioneer oceanographer was frustrated as to what he should do next. Finally, he decided that he would tie all of the lines together and attempt to plumb the depths of this ocean. When he had tied them and let them all drop, they still didn’t reach the bottom. He wrote in his log…
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