July 29 - 1897 The following is excerpt from White's diary: Spent the evening with Jensen in his home on Racelle. He tells me much personal history includ- ing a horoscope told him seven years ago in the Oralac region. In the Dutch East Indies while Jensen was a sailor his future was foretold - to the effect that he would voyage to the arctic re- gions, but he would suffer great hardships and have his foot cut; that he would go to the north pole and that he would ultimately attain fame and success. Jensen tells me that he had not then the slightest idea of going north; but that in 1893 he met Capt. Cleetri and went with him to the whaling station in Baffin Land. Here he froze his foot while driftling 6 days and 5 nights on an ice cake, that his toes were cut 30 odd times, ending in their com- plete amputation in the Boston City Hospital in 1896. He firmly regards the horoscope as a true warning and believes he is destined to reach the pole. All, so far, has agreed with the forecast.