, 1879-01-14
NORDENSKIOLD.
The Arctic Explorers Report On q
Portion Of His Journey.
70 Cape Tsoheljuskin--1mportant Errors
in Maps and Charts Corrected.
Arctic Flora and Fauna.

ssss.c ~ ~asa,.to. -, ,t..a.s.S II. n,s..
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,h"t ,rf,tc,, thc eric,,rsto1 swnatsh ,ssa,,.-,.,
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,..torc Thc nrsrion. smcc. s.fu, r,r.d,,,on. ~
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tna svoJc, III nr.cticsi oncnIng 1n.t - .s,. ~
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sihc-ion p,vsr Ycnl.et mn % ~Strh IT, nr,". ,s,Se
tr.ta,, ,b,ora, ,nenv hsr1.hIn. m, ,..t,,. H..
constlernb]e mart Of hls pcriou, to,'rnrr. m
,1rc,dy .,,ccr..fullv achicvcd. r,,arsntcs ~,
rrof, Nor6rnsktoli viii rcsl1v hc .hl, IN fn,il,,
nnc ~ lin tntat df51cult and dartnc t.,l.x ovnr
o,t.mn,c ~ he ,1t.ovcrcr, Thc ta.t ,,s.. ~ ~.
rrncd;ti,n RECEIVED here bv Inal1. vta Y,kut.sin,
Siberia. which they reached an : itttle .tcamcr
from tha mouth of tho River Lem. ticur,Ic
tho profcssor,a cfrcumnav,uation NJ the ,no.t
nor,hern ,ntn& of Sihcrta. f,s,,r T.rhc,,u.ttr
and Ia addressed to Dr. Oscar r)ckeon. Of doth.
enburv. Sweden. the 1cncro,,s Mn,c,.o.s In whom
sc,en,1 In 20 much tuuettetl for hls liberal ann
rort of recent scteuti,Ic exocditions r., the Arr,
tto Sea. sud who IL tho special patron Of tld..
whose experiences We are about 10 e1yc.
CAPE rscuk1lusxtx,
rrof. Eordcnsk,oid,s letter from East Siberia
c.tan,ished With ACCURACY the ncoaraphical ain.
.,,s, ~ a.. ,,,, in nortsrI r,nn.. ~ w.. .a.,,
a''ou y. .ue n,s ~. .a"s De ~ t.o ',o.."'
ern coast OF eloe1'a, aut1 gives "DETAILS Of the
peculiar physical ana biological characteristics
OF those faf.ofY and 1ltt1e-cxpIorcd regions, On
snrmcr maps Of Northern Siberia We lind tho
"ost "oF1actn lnlut' S"pc .sene'1u'"nt "n.e"
was named a1teF ~ f,rst d!seoscrcr' Russian
saflor, given as 100 degrees longitude cast of
Greenwich. In 1915 the celebrated German
seoer.phsr' Dr. ,o Pese.@anq' ter .',i published
new map oi tno part o' Nosthcth 81
bcria lllng between tile Rivers
Yeniscl and Lens, worked out from tho mate l.
rials kept In the archives Of tho general staff OF
.ne nassan a!"5, ,oe W nn'sn .nsu .,ps lse"e''
juskin is given u lo5 degrees rnst longitude
and 771f dcgrccA north latitude I his map
should bc rc-examtucd in the light of the more
- sa"",,. dt.e,.er,s. ~ prof No.aon.ttn,,, snJ
..ssns -.'. u.ss. 's"o"lo" ~. " @nu =,
sho description NJ EaFcs Oh hls eonfse. lie
relates that bc called over stretches which ar0
given ns land on tho map, and that consequent
!, .so .to oa psas Mo..snst,e,s au .a., .s". 49,.
IN Luz m.p. tt' ~ Notuuusx;o'" ,. ssgs snat tne
rue !onEutuoe u tscneIlusR1o ID lo4 degrees,
or ona degree mora westerly than Uiyen BY ur.
.potermanu. The latitude Of Cape Tsehcliuskin
In. also hcco a.crrtalned hv tho sv.1Ist cr,,s.
.,s.ts 40 .......s A,.ss 80 -
o1''on ~ oe sea' 1'ta"1es o'9heE 'uau formerly
supposed. The sea north oi Siberia Ia reMark-
noIe for the shatfoTncss OF ~ waters But per-
haps thG temperature ana tls ,, fauna arc the
most strtKiug lcathfes ot this Siberian Sea.
soLtFunA ISLAND. ....
Wo will hers mention recent discovery,
which ls, pefhaps, ilttle known IN Amcrica, q
a an isianu .; oeto5o nov nnkn9Tn 10 ne West u
mer oy the Norweatan aktppcr, +. H. Jol,anseI',
Q! IEomsoe, wtlo uamod the Island. which u
sltuatsu & north-nSrtl,east % OF the mouth
ot tho River 'IenIse', IL latitude 7!1
dsgsee' ,.1s' m.rt9' The H.. ls?e t., Of Solitude:
longitude. md consequently precisely half way
between ths northern point Of Nova Xcmbla
a., ana "a Gapo Iscae.19sxn was discovered on
!ng tle following threo. days. its surface Is
!ltt!e uo,e tha9 tnfe9 ana ha1 ESograpn'eal
SQUARE miles Capt Jodhrsel tound tho water.
oetwcen ne neTly.dlseogsGfe1 ,se islaho arg tnc
foast ?. io msn,st fnr 81 soea very
,< Tas fno1HeTKn vofA0E. !,
:, rroi. Nor1c'lskto!d directed MS course in the
vo9a from thc mouth Of tho Iona River toEnr.l
tho New olbsrtan Islands. II w'aA on the nth
tho Lena Rivct TO DehIiaR strait Is about 150
geoETap1ncal miles, aud thence to Yokohama,
ID Japan, wnc1e Frof. Noraensktola ak proposes TO
end h!s expedislot', about w miles. But ho,
e1plofo tho Now Siberian Islands, which arc Of
great interest to ecologtsts on nccount OF tle
numerous honcs Of tna1ntnoths thcro found, and
Wrangcl's Land, northwest OF Bcl'ring Strnis, a
region which has notyet been scientifically ex-
plorcd. .-.----.-.
.HoRpENaKIoLn's REPORT.
On BoAnn THE VRGA, EAST uF CARR TscnkL-
JrsK1N, AuR. 20, 197b.-Wc hRfc Just sailed
nF0unt Cnp0 IRchvlluskln. As tar a. VIC can
now sec tho leo will not Interrupt our Journey,
at least nut before our arrival at tho mDuth u
tho Rtycr Lcua. Thero tho Vega Wilt have 10
separate fr1nl her faithful companion, the
htenmcr Lena. which will sail up tho river a. far
As 1akutsk. will, therefore, liz I'll probability
III a few days be ablu to send you over from
1akutsk and lEkttsk thc report of our journey
trOtn Dickson liarbor, which ain now going to
write. aas delighted TO say At once, IAN as
we'll a. possible"
wATHR TEMPERATURES.
After the departure Ia tho morning OF tho
Frazer and the Exnrcss for the Slmnyies, sotuc-
Whist further up the Flycr, allowed tho Vera
to remain for twcuty.taur houfs longer ia
Dickson uarbor in order to give Lieut..
Hoye Al opportunity Ut HnjshinT tho mara
Of that excellent harbnr 50 we'll protected
on all 5ldcs, which doubtless will become at
great importance ip the future. 10 tho Vega
and tho Lena did not ~ un Ter way until the
morning OF shc 10th OF August to continue ttrir
route. They stccrtu for thu most western OF
the KAmn,cnnl Islands, outside tho mouth ct