Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-03-21
ARCTIC DISCOVERY.
Nova ZenalD10 avtEased...The
vViascriny Place Of Dareasz In 1900.

trrest the discoveries in the Arctic
ocean by Norwegian sailors IN the
last few years. CAPTAIN Filing Carl
sen, who is renowned as one oil the
ab.cst AMI most daring OF these men
has lately added very much to our
knowledge OF these distant regions.
BY his expedition of 1871 Nova
Zembla was, probably for the first
time, circunnaviga,ed by sailor
he also discovered the place, aud the
very house. which the Dutch Cap
tain, Wirlen Barentz, and his crew
occupied in the winter OF 1861
Captain Carlson, OF the sioop Solid,
left Hammert.st, Fnmarken, Nor
way on the 10th OF May, 1871; on
the 18th OF July he arrived at the
northern coast Of Nova ZembIa. On
the eastern coast the ice forced him
into port which he named "Ishaon"
(ice port); there he observed with
his spyglass a wooden building near
the shore. He went ashore, and. in
yestigating the house, he found five
sailors chests, five hammocks, some
tools, guns, cooking implements, a
flute, nautical Instruments, and some
books IN the Datch langt,aye. Carl
sen raised pole, under which he laid
a tin box with Il written statement Of
his presence from the 9th to the 18th
OF September, 1871; then he took
the above mentioned things on board
and left the port. He sailed further
along the eastern and the southern
coas, into Matoskin sound, where he
hardl v escaped beng wrecked in the
ice. On the l7ih OF October he re-
turne] to Wardo. Norway, having
thus solved the problem Of sailing
around Nova Zemb.a The reports
of the expedition ct the Dutchman
! Baren,z. in the last decade OF the
nin,cen,h century, leave no doubt
that the holse found by Captain
Carlson on the shore OF Ishaon was
the same which. in the winter OF
la96-97, gave shelter to the brave
Captain Barentz and his comrades.
William Baren,z was III the year
1894 chief commander ola Datch ex-
petition fitted out tor exploring the
northern passage to Eastern Asia.
He discovered the most northern
point OF Nova Zembla, even before
they reached lee cape, and then re-
turned home. In 1896 seven ships
were fitted out and sent to the same
regions; but the weather and the
many icebergs Of that year forced
them to leave Nova Zembia even be-
tore they reached Ice cape. Barentz
proposed TO 60 into port on the
shove and there wait for the next
spring, but he was over powered by
the ship council and the expedition
returned to Holland. The third aud
last expedition lett Amsterdam on
the 10th OF May, 1896; on the 18th
Of August the ship Barentz was
wrecked at Ishaon; he and tho crew,
seventeen men, built house OF some
drifting timber, which they found on
the shore. Here they lived to tho
!lth Of June, 1897, when they left III
their boats. Barentz died some time
after and was inferred on the south.
ern coast OF Nova z. mbla; Ave more
died III the course of the month the
surviving twelve arrived on the I'd CT
September at kola, in Russia, from
which place they were sent home
It was certainly on the same place
where Barentz and his unhappy com
rades in 1896 were thrown ashore,
and on tho ruins Of the same hut
wh!ch the Dutchmen had built as Il
winter residence, that Capt in Carl
sen examined the place as we'll AS the
timc permitted him to do. Under
cover OF ice he found the va ious
things above mentioned, and it was
probably by reason CT this perpetual
icc-coyer that many Of the things
found were as well preserved as if
they had been lett there a few years
ago, instead OF 275.
On the 10Th of September Carlson
lett Ishaon aud Set his course south
wald, but he was cons,anly hlndered
by iccberss, by which he was partial
~ driven along. On the 22d OF Sep
tembcr he reached the eastern open.
ing OF Matoskin sound, but was
there again surrounded by ice, So he
commenced to clear the boats and iil
them up for transportation over the
ice, if he should be compelled to
leave the vessel. Meanw hlle the ice
again broke up and he escaped into
open water. On the 9th Of October
he got in sight Of tho island Of
Wsiga,z, an.i reached Wardo, Nor
way, on the 7th OF October, 1871.
This is Iowa, according to Craig:
Here in the west, where eartL's two mob.
lest rivers RIM