3 Dec: "June 11 Sir John Franklin" by Lord Alfred Tennyson

I came across this poem at The Fram Museum - Home of the world's strongest polar vessel. Fridtjof Nansen, (1861-1930) one of Norway's greatest, became a legend. He was a first among sportsmen, explorers, research workers, statesmen and humanitarians. Long after his death millions continued to remember him as the foremost exponent of human compas­sion. He liked poetry, and especially Lord Tennyson, so that is why this poem is in the museum. The poem is more meaningful after learning about these wild adventures to the north pole.

Not here: The white North has thy bones; and thou. Heroic sailor-soul, Art passing on thine happier voyage now Toward no earthly pole.