Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-10
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The NORTHWEST PASSAGE ACCOMPLISHED.
The steamer Veg,, with Professor Nordsusk-
| jold. the Arctic explorer, snd his oompaay. ar
rived at Yck,hsps, Japan. last Tuesday, Sep.
tenbar g with all hands we'll aud not having
had a single death on the eSpadiioo. This cz-
padltioD, the expenses Of Which wero borac By
Nix. Osoar Dickson, the Swedish government,
klug Oscar aud MIR. Alexander Slbia.ak0it,
has succeeded 10 lis undertaking.. which vas
to establish the possibility ct reaching Behriag
Strait by tho Arctic Sea. The Vess left Goth.
enburg, July f. 1878, aud With the Lena,
owned by MIR. SibtArskof5, which, accompanied
her as far as the River Lena, pass.d through
the Yugar Strait, souh of Nova Z .mbIa, 90 Au.
gust 5. o. August Is tho North Cape OF Asia
was reached and nine days later the Vessels ST.
rived safely at the mouth Of tho Lena. II
January the Vega vas reported ice bound ferry
miles from East Cape, pomo $50 miles from
BstrlDg strait Several statements have sicce
been published 10 tho effect that tho cypedi
liou had reached the Pacific, bu. NJ defnia
information has boen obtained uu;il tho rec,pI
Ct the above dispatch. II may bo added tia!
one object OF the expedition Was u es:ab!isa
trsdo with tho paonle on tho bank Of tha L,Gs
river. TIE New York Herald says: The ex-
peditou is one Of tho renarkabl, Successes 10
Arctic ez poratiou. 1t will b, memorable for
the case aud safety With which it mp!IshcG 4
voyage which il had been Ieft for the prcscc,
generation Of men to make for the first time. TIE
narratives OF the many pre7lGus attempts thai
have been made to salVo the question OF the
northeast pcSiagc are told in an ln:erestirg iot
Ersler, whose narra.i7o shows rcry cesry tho
oH hek lba madam trnbi, nlor,r.
or ~ over the earlier nsvigateri. The fate Of
the Russian captain, Scnaaurof. reminds one
of thai Of franklin. Leaving tho mouth of
tho river Lena, in l7G0, with smal! vessel
built there, be succeeded that year in reaching
the river Jana. Next year be succeeded in
rounding the SViatol Nos, CT Holy Cape, aa!
sought wIuter qnsrters at tbs mouth OF tho
river KoIyms Next ycar 10 oaly reached
Cape Schelagskol, when his crew mutinied.
and he had to return to kolyms aud to Russia.
Thus as Professor Nordeosk I'D SAYS, chess
explorers required three years to accomplish
what We. aided By steam, made il touc CT h7c
dsys.' Professor NGrienskiod is of tho opin
ion that the voyage from Elrope to Asia By
way Of Bebring Straits csr, with little moro
experience OF The porihera reas from Japan to
the mouth Of ths Lena, b, mado regularly
every summer without daugaT aud wl:hcu.
difficulty. And thus the little Vega has solved
mystery respected by 60 many csntuti'a CT
naViga.ors. Every naa wao his sas OF. t.
solve troublesome probicm on point oi iG
tlrest 10 80 impcriaot S;iepcj sJ geography.
and cr sYt &c; of such cors:qu sace e. III:
cpsairg OF new routes le. coume,c:, IL tc b!
| congratulated upon hs SUCCESS. sod uler later
cs,ed in progress ell over the world will warmly
aud sincerely congratulate tho N )dcsi N5r-
deuskj jold on oos o. tho happics: OF uod9rn
achievements that involves these Two pon,s.