What is "wisting"

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Wisting came near to sounding the depth of one of these dangerous crevasses with sledge, dogs and all, as the bridge he was about to cross gave way.

Glacier 86 Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News Mount Thorvald Nilsen 90 Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News The Sledges Packed for the Final March 106 Taking an Observation at the Pole 112 Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News At the South Pole: Oscar Wisting and His Team Arrive at the Goal 120 Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News A Page from the Observation Book, December 17, 1911 130 At the South Pole, December 16 and 17, 1911 134 Mount Don Pedro Christophersen 156 Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News Framheim on the Return of the Polar Party 174 Lindstrom in the Kitchen 174 Farewell to the Barrier 178 Bjaaland as Tinker 180 Dogs Landed at Hobart for Dr.

We therefore decided upon a room sufficiently large to house all these articles, and at the same time to provide working-space for Wisting and Hanssen, who would have to lash all the sledges as fast as they Page 141 Amundsen, Ronald - The South Pole, Vol.

Whenever Wisting was not taken up by the work on the sledges, one could Page 174 Amundsen, Ronald - The South Pole, Vol.

Wisting had charge of this scientific branch, and I think the feat he achieved in not breaking any thermometers is unparalleled.