The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-09-28

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= The Worlds. Arctic Exploration.

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aijaII TIE hs Worlds yF0reGrs Arctic Exploration. '
ths 5sa, t6s Dutch shd tke9 95asehs paHsss hsTa os
Joined the ether hoHeis in, the Combined
Investigation of the Arctic regions. The
first Dutch expeditito5nn set DIT ii the
steamer WiAemsi Barhns last oMayfr rom
Aimsaterqam, lasel, Ian commanded by Lieutenant
Hofn1ssnn. This vesse1i is to make pro-
sedSleruise I'M thes Arctic Ocean for
meteorological observations and also to
explore more thoroughly the seaway to
the moWhsgof the greatfiyers of Siberia.
.IIiN The s second &c expedition was to have sailed
last month aid is bound for Dick son
Haven, the Dutch lstatienaofg observation /
in the Arctic Ocean. Some of the, most
scfent ntific men in Holland have acc accom-
spanied it. The Danish steamer Dympnasi
under command of, Lieutenant Hoy.
gard, left Copenhagen - on Tie f9th "
rJply, amid great popular aeclamations.
Her entire crew have, seen service in the
Arctic. The expedition was ffitted out,
by popular subsetd dptionl aptlIundeas the
auspices of the, Navy Department. Her
'coinmander Is a Young naian,i lorilyy twenty
i've years Off ages lwhe has. had three
years experience in the Arctic region
and was d eon1pahioi} of Professor nor;
denskjold in nsthel Vega.,i The course of.
the Dympna, is from Copenhaeen to
'1sfomso, Nofwsy,s wshears I c5al lahH hH stbress es
iWlltlbs; takenIen cboarsl srand, fremahat
point the vessel will sail for the Kara
Sea and Cape 'TsjelthsKin,, II point ptoJih9tt that
has only been reached, twice, before i
From here the three main objects
Of othe expedition Will slBes 'atteni,,ted:
iihlrst,oTW hether the, syeurrenty > and, ice,
will permit of further. explora-
ton without too 'inach irisk,, /, secohd, tSa
examine 5Whether as EEanx., y Josefu Land,
stretches toward the most northern point
of Asia; and, third, twhetHer % tlie east
coast, Of Frspz Josef Land runs, in
south land north direction. .Lieutenanta
Hoegaard willd bring hIlsI pesssp9oa the
southeast coast Of this Land % and tlsen by'
sleds will attempt an overland iourne1I|
i1oraiwardt These .D6teh nafldi lDahish
expeditions, we believe, now. ,complete
the list, and vessels Belonging to every
civlizetRHation 'areS now iesfthes 1ntheir
Wayt9 sthsl AEetis, eeS saSEeat!y there ass|
@ .heir stations, like ourown: Men famous Il
11 Ssoi y fScttdAtCuV DI@SOl641C6 nave aC-
eompaplsd them hep ssaad they hays taken
with them all the instruments knoWhlto
moderniscience anaf6llsthes oenHsaieaoes,l
+ to n make as a life endunsple wip shat inhespi-
table region for period of three syears.1l
'exliaast stigstm ateofVb ain.I
cpl observations, sanda will study all the |
physical peculiarfties OF the Arctic
lagionas Aslthss ssea alossBnrsap6nlhhy |
wild goose ahase .sn 9E any sessEeh sl;h sftsrfhs
we may expect the most |
raluabl osesidts sffunf fkei EnnHeleffert tso.
ana Itppo none Of those tidings ofossfferirgssI
disaster and death which have hitherto |,
foilo~ed the sailing DfsiH -taasa ssaelszf
are Within flIafts alfsaday a tfassfssas sssss and;
fleehpediti dnss possba sssasept
the Danish y will "a ayentHres beyond them. Y
we may therefore look fof 4 most ilt ek-sI
drene tyhiteuBtingra d1nint ffheHcifar- /
aeter Of this distant section .of. the, earth,
which 'hass had ssicif fatal fasein ohslfor
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