New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-16
THE NEU POLAR EXPEDITION.
DIR. NNNSEN's ITIANS.

From Tho Manchester Courier
The contemplated expedition 10 the North Pole IN
l-H@, ly DR. trllhj.. Nan-cn- who. II VIII b" rrm'm
hcrd, successfully CLOSED rrccutnd h-t year o. a
Fat Of dains which even among Arctic cuiclpii.c-
porer AT rcccni meeting If The danish Geographical al
society a. tOpcancca Al which the King of I"nniIA
present gave outline Of h, contemplated Jour
ncy Illustrating h, lecture by the help of chart, III,
- petition unlike the English and American cAp"
dOua along the west cost of "Ircnltnd, or that ~
Captain IceciloG along tho east coast Dr. Manson
dw.It ~ some lcagil ON m. unfortunate Ieauucti"
expedition. became he intends +" follow ID" same "ie
Nau-rn, the Jrmncttc expedition ended III disaster.
not consequence OF wrony plan being pureurd. bur
lcsnr the vessel wa, not strong enough Tor the ice
pressure and the current lie hold, that the plan 81
going not against the current. bot win the current,
rh fbr Jcaucic inst Of All Polar expedition, pur
-ucd j, undoubtedly the correct one Or. \au~cn
purpOs", starting from thr-ilania IN the summer 81
nc,ic he intend, following H.. northern coast u
siberia. forcing hi, way between the new siberian
=" the northern current III, whole plan /, ba-cd
upon the intention Of proving the cAl,tcncc II .
river extend, northwari from Spifzbcrgcn and
Franz Joseph Land along the east coast Of hrccnl1d,
o,.t A., believe, himself To- 10 I'm p,rs,,, ION 81
many proof, of the existence Of such current. In lr
lecture he cited the curious fact that effects lcft behind
west coast Of Greenland. 1he~c effects must have
come from the north II RAM Joseph Land for south
of that land there rins only feeble western current
and il /, well known that the Jcanncte entered =
current before She was crashed by TIE Ice.
Dr. hansen next pointed out that arms haze been
found along the west coast Of Greenland which could
only have proceeded from Alaska: aud, finally. the
tree trunks drifting with the lee. which form on" OF
the chief Of subsistence OF the native. II Grcu
land, exclusively OF siberian origin. of thirty
fir, and one poplar have oil been Identified a. coming
from siberia similar trees also washed ASHORE ~
the northern roast OF Spltzbcrgcn further proof
that this current Is not oceanic current bat liver
current j. furnished by the fact that its II sweet
oq H. principal part and 70 The bottom Of the sea- and
that If cannot arise from melted SHOW or Ice. Til,
oceanic current in those rcgloHa either feeble or
while This current Is very powerful and very deep:
The greatest difficulty Tor the proposed expedition VIII
he reach this current and this task will take from
current will be followed far rs Cape Fare
we'll DR. NanSrn IS at present engaged upon
and fitting out his vessel She Is TO De small ~
possible. and 10 BE- manned by a numbering no
more than twelve. The sides Of the vessel Will
be- very oblique. that She be lifted up by the
pressure Of the ice. The Jeanette this respect
constructed badly a. possible and sac wltlstOod
thc ice pressure for over two ycars The keel will
ic ,erv loosely fitted. ~ be easily knocked oil
AZ if Will be useless when the open /, left b.
hind The vessel d. to be the hcadqiartcr, whence all
c,uIor1nc expeditions to start. Among equip
ncnt, will be- captive balloon To- BE- used taking
observation Il, {" The position Of the vessel should
nrnydcd bv means OF which any lee doe could be-
ycrtcd into . labtahle lite. The expedition Is Ia be
provslOncd for hv" wears and II the icchoc Is once
I'm the open She VIII be carried along bv the cur
rent and a, easily mano"uvred pesscl The great
est danger the expedition consists in the possible
branching off ~ uhsdiary currents from the main cur
rent bnt Dr. hansen dsp1scs ~ mi, difficulty ~ urs
ing that a current which has a beginning must nave
nm ending even II IT should carry the pcd )n land
sickness or the terrible cold Of the Polar regions NAV
provc disastrous Ia the expedition The dreaded ScVy
,,eu man manages exist in colder regions than
those through which he proposes TO pass