The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-14

schotthausen.
MALMo, Sweden, Aug. 1.-The news
paper Dagensnyhetsr has received com
munications from DIR. Nansen and Lieu
tenant S~chotthauson from theEIsland of
Vardo. These communications state that
they abandoned the. Fran in the autumn
of 1895, and resorted 20 the ice. The steamer
Windward, carrying supplies to the Jack
n-Harmsworth expedition, picked them
up near Franz Joseaand. They expected
that the Fran would eventually drift to
the east coast of Greenland. DR.. Nansen
failed to reach the North Pole, but he
touched a point four degrees nearer than
any other explorer has done.
DR.. Manson left che Fran on March IA,
1925, in "a degrees north latitude. He
traversed the Polar sea TO a point Sc degrees
Il minutes north latitude, situated north
of the New Siberia islands No land was
sighted north Of SO degrees north latitude
or thence to Franz Josefland, where he
passed the winter, subsisting on bears
flesh and whale blubber.
DR.. Nansen and his companion are in
the best of hearth. The Fran Is expected
at Vardo or Bergen shortly. She stood
the ice well. There were no sick persons
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The steamer Wiudward took letters for
hansen when 1t started to the relief of the
JackSon-Harmsworth expedition, as Mr..
jackson expected to find Nansen and was
convinced that his Idea of drifting across
the pole In the ice was impracticable. He
was also convinced that Nansen would re-
turn in the direction of Franz Josellland.
DIR. Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian
scientist, now about 80 years old, sailed
from Christiana on June "a, 1893, on "a
voyage of discovery 10 the Arctic regions,
and with the intention Of reaching the
North Pole if possible. He embarked on
board the three masted schooner The
Fran, which vas provided with a 100 horse
power steam engine. She was of 500 tons,
and her sides were so constructed as to
force all Ice meeting the vessel to pass I'M
der it, hus preventing all "pinching' and
''screwing." The Fran was launched at
Laurwik, near Christiana, on Oct. 20, 1892,
and the Norwegian parliament gave DIR.
Nansen about SOP, 600 in aid of his expedi-
zion. Additional funds were forthcoming
by private subscription, including one of
over 5000 from King Oscar.
Thu FRAN was In every way admirably
equipped and had IA crew Of twelve men,
all of whom occupied the cabin, which
measured only thirteen feet square and
which was heated by means of an English
petroleum stove, which consumed three
litres of petroleum a day. The Fran had
enough fuel aboard to last eight or nine
years and she also had a library consisting
Of about 1000 books.
DIR. NGnsen's plan was to make for the
New Siberian islands and thence sail di-
rectly north until the Fran should be i'm
bcdded in tho ice. He then proposed to
drift along with the ice, following the west
coast Of any land that might be met. A
dispatch was received from the doctor at
Vardo on Aug. %, 1898, written in the
Yugorskl straits on the I'd of that month,
announcing that the expedition was
about to sail into the Kara sea.
DIR. Nansen entered the University at
Christiana in 1880, and in 1882 went as a
passenger on the sealing steamer Viking
to Denmark straits and the east coast of
Greenland. 1t is believed that this voyage
laid the foundation for the ambition of
his life, namely, that of discovering the
North Pole. On his return from Green
land he was appointed curator Of the
Muzcuma nv Bergen, and held that position
until lSSS,sswhen he led "A small expedition
TO Greenland and crossed the southern
portion of that country from the east coast
to Godhavcn, on the west coast, where the
party wintered, and returned to Norway
in June, 1859,