, 1879-08-07

year, and on tl1e 18th OF August reaehcd the
The tl!rce largo water courses or Northern Asia,
By this vosage he established thu fact that tho
sca Of Kara Is i,aylpablc; an1 also ensned water
rou.s n,., to ,nnes urslrable M parts q sberla no
port, III llonur Of hts patron. This ynynEu also
gave additional color to the probability Of
route 70 Chlna by why Of the Ynutsci lltver. In
the following scar lie made another VOYAGE, sail-
Ing from rromsoe on' the Gath Ut july. Ills
patron had replaced Tie ANAL vessel Of ilr yenr
previous With Btaucb little steamer the Ymct.
bhe was ffclghted with Goods suitable for tl,o
elheran tradc. Tie. voyage to Nova Zcmb1a
through tic atruits TINT separate that island
from llla main land he found lie Sea OF kara.
Tint hn bad navlcated 50 easily the yoar before,
full Of drifting Ice. After waiting several days
bian eoa,t, a,! :. i iaitudo n foand no. Inns Himself t IL
an upon SCI. DY st,e middle OF August lie again
reached the muutE VI tho YnciscI River. No
asceulet II for sotao distance, anu, having dis.
posed OF hs cargo to advantage, returned 10
the port he started from nftcr IN apschco Of sev-
ca weeks.
Thcse royagcs went far to conrinee the Pro-
lessor that The northeast paasnEe could be made.
To PROVO It lie threw at1 his energy Into tho IN.
dertaklng, antt hls patron fitted out more cx-
tenstve expedition. an apbcat was made to
KING Oscar. md kp ~ once became Interested In
the enterprise. OF the 80, 600 or $l00,000 re-
qaired. Afr. Dickson contributed 4lo, ,0lo, nsn1
tho 0nyernmcnt and Air. Alex !nder sibIrIakofi
the ablcst officers OF his nayy 10 accompany tic
expedition. Several eminent sayants volunteer.
cd their services. The slect consisted Of four
veasels,-the steamer Vega, which carried tho
the attnmcr Lcra. md Two Ycasbfs f{tLct1
Out to open tEade with Eastern Siberia. The
,ast three ws5o 1 the property ot MIR: s!btriakof.
ersDax steos sss%s ,e"r s h. vegp b " m
nsemeu. Her tlmbers asc. OF teak-wood, aid,
though a stanch vessel, sho WAS thoroughly
oyerhan)cd aud braccd. Her engines AMI ma
Culinary arc OF tho most modern kind, anl Of
from Gothcnburg, ono Of tlie southern ports Of
Sweden, on the 4th Of July, md on tile 25th
1otnet the escorts At Tromsoo. The Vega wua
commanded by Lcut. l. Palander. and bis first
oetlieef was Llcnt; E. g. Brasewltz, both 81 tho
slased Of Dr: Rfeliman, botanist of the Univcr-
ety Of Upsala, Or. Stuxbcrg, geological, and
D.. Almquish. famous physician. At the &c.
quest OF their respective Goveruments, Lieut..
mo Do7o Of the italian navr, md Lieut.. Nor.l-
qutst Of the Russian naYy wero added to Nord.
cnskJold's stall The Leun WA commanded BY
Can't. JobannscD. Eleven days sfter stnrtlng
1TS an 1romsoo wy o ross DsRso
t"S' As4A@'e"H -'ASA VAL w ~ ~ "uNa NY hA%
dispatch correspondence md complete their
MpIepatatlons Pr LOT ttie long afti hesllous VoVngc'
Then the bows OF the stout ltttsa steamers were
pointed townra INC North Cape. For TWO
motths nothing was heard q TIC * Maxplosers, nhl
then d!sbatch "as received hy Mr. slbirakolf
from Yakutsk, On tho lcna River, announcing
that the expedition had reached tue mouth Of
That river IN fafcty. The steamer Lena had
paased up lle rlscf. ana m the vega hau continued
her journey toward tho Pacific.
The arrival OF Cant. Jqhannscu md tho Lena
at fakutsk vas thu occasion Tor public re1ofc-
tnR there: Tits town Is situated near tlie ceutro
OF the Russian Empire In Asia, And the only
means Of access have been ovcslnnl; ioncu tho
arrival Of TIC hrst vessel, proving TINT water
communication could ot ohu With tic moro civil
lizcl parts Of tug world, was sufficient cause for
Tue general coieafntton. .-..... -
IN Decsmber Nordcnsklold'a patrons received
nis voyage from tie mouth Of the Ynelsci to
the mouth Of the Lena River. Though II is to O.
great degree tec1nicai It Is full OF. interest 10
fhe general reader, Soon after sailing from
They moysd with tho utmost cautfon, and their
course wt6 rendered mors dangerous by tile dis
covcrY u mh1v stnnll islands hot uotcd On tho
charts. TIC second day tl.c fog was dense, a,d
sy - osca t The ssa was
ly dredging. however, many specimens Of pure
dtcp-sca life HeTe found. Ia tho afternoon tno
log lifted somewhat, and the Vega removed her
course. The explorers soon eaDe upon drifting
ice, bnt It was tlfn aud rotten, and did not i'm
pede the vessel. Near tho coast tho usuat Arctic
animals were seen. out none OF the Arctic birds.
Many Interesting disco Fcr'es zero mado IN ncaely
every branch ot seioncc, but Tue most important
were geographical. u
The yosagers kopt close to tho coast tho
greater part 9t tho war, Hp4 made lnntfh'gs oc-,
caslonai!y. They were frequently surprlscd at
me cntiro ABSENCE OF enoW ind the wonderful
Sstdure n some ptaecs: Ihera arc points, rrot.
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