Note 4 — Chapter V

And the Norwegian nation, which had refused to grant the venturesome young man 5,000 kroner ($1,350), now raised her head, and called Fridtjof Nansen one of her best sons. And when one day in April, after having spent a long winter in Greenland, he went on board the Hvidbjörn4 on his homeward journey, preparations were being made in the capital for a festival such as a king receives when he visits his subjects.