Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-08-20
DIR. NANSEN'S STORY.
His Terrible Experiences in the Ice
Floes of toe Arctis Regions.
His Vessel Frozen in Thirty Feet of Ice
and subject to Trrribl" rTcssure-lie
Leaves the Boat to Explore Regions
Unknown Luse- His Bearings.

His Vessel Tro::rn in Thirty Feet of lee
and subject to Terrible PIrssure-He
Leaves the boat to Explore Regions
Unknowu Luse- His Hearings.
I.uSDoN, Aug. l7.-Thc Chronicle,
Saturday morning, publishes the story
nf Fritiof Nanscn of his expedition to
the Arctic SEA DIR. hansen arrived at
NarIo, Norway, Thursday, and sayS:
THE Fran left Iuro- strait August ! iS93
We had to force our Wy through much ice
along the SlurrIsu coast We discovered an
island Ia the Kara sea and great nu.Iocr uf
Islands along the cast OF Cape Che. i'.sSir. In
several places We found evidences ~ = 81 ci2l
epoch. during which northern Siberia must
have Bcrn covered by au island to 4 great ex-
tent
we passed the New siberian islands Sep
tomuyr"s We made fast ~ T. f!on iU latitude
= tsssr.., % minutes north, ard in ioI-itErc
~; dec. .rS - minutes east We thea ailoWcI
tac snip II re closed in oy the ice
"A, anticipated We were rrI,.u .ily driitcd
ror'h aud mort 1wcstyar. Gu~.nE the autumn
JGd winter frlIa Nh Cur-tGt IS NIcr"d "a! Il
i4.rut ice p-cS-u.r,, hut 81" 1.-THE Fran
rurga~ScH our expectations. heinz Superior u
Iuv strain During weeks tlt mcrcIrF was
..r,en The lowest tcrup"l aJurc WIS - de-
,.tsrs below Z'ro Every man on board was
I
We SAW no lani ana Eo ul'rn watCf cN'c1'
rlrrbr creeks. in ans direction ~ anilc.-
.iatci. our drift roithwestward was most
rr.I,t lurlu. the vIElsr ami spring. while IN"
..r5h,rE wtuts stomp Il or drafted n h'cS-
ward during tie samTr. On June -, ls!4,
We were II dctrces ), minutes north.
GA hriStm. evening. 1891, latitude - Cc-
,rcrs north was reached. and q few a.. - later
| 20 .cr.ce' - minutes, the farthe- nr.th iIt.-
Jude rrrvis4u-lY reached bv mar.
Ca january AMI ; the Fran was exposed
| 10 jhr most violent lee pressure We cNp"--
| Irn,cI She Wa, then f-nly frozen in ice Of
more than n feet 81 measured thickness This
| foe vas Overritdcn by great ice masses, which
| we're PRESSED AGAINST the port II 3" with ir-
| :c-i,:illc force .li threatened To tur. il not
80 crush her. The Icrc-Sarv pr"VIS!, d, vita
| The canvas kayaks and other equipments la ;
uy"n placed in safety upon the ice. Ever
| .lJu WAS ready to leave tn shin Il
| necessary. and was prepared to COut.n. e
| with the DRIFT. Iiyiur on the foe. Eut {"
! ram proved eVel strnugrr than our trust N
| her when the pressure rose to the high, 81
| and the ice was piled up high above the b =
| wari,s. she was broken loose and slowly hftet
| out Of the bed in which she had been f.oz m
| hut not the slightest sign OF 4 split WAS to b.
| discovered anywhere in her After that *
| pcrience | con- idcred the Fran almost eqI:'
| to anything in the way Of ice pressure. Ati'T
| ward we experienced nOthin. Of the kind, It :
| our drift was rapidly continued north So
| nOrthwestward
| rs | COW with certainty anticipated tbs
| the Fran would soon rctch her highest e
| tuir north of Franz .'Os,: Land, AMI that -
! would not easily fail to carry out the pr
| rrammc OF the expedition, viz: to cross tie
| uukncwn Polar basin. decided 70 leave tSe
| ship in order to explore the sta north Of pr
! route Lieut. johnson volunteered u join c
md | could not easily have found bstr.r
| companion in every respect The leaders, %
! Of the expedition on board the Fran | lefr to
| Can't Seycrdrup
On March , we reached - degrees minutes
! north Johnson aad left the Fran on March
| II. i,Jj. at 3 degrees 80 minutes north and f0a
| degrees . minutes east Our purpose WAS 70
| explore the sea TO the Forth and reach the
| highest latitude pOsSl ole. and then to go to
| Sp!tabrr:en, via FrluS Josef Land, where We
! felt certain to iiai shin We had twenty
! eight dogs two siedgcs and two kayaks
| for possible open water. The dog {, oil was
| calculated for 30 DAYS. ard our provisions for
! 100 dtvs. We found the ice in the beginning
| tocrahlv good travelling, and So made good
Distances, and the lie did not appear driitin-,
! u.uch. On March - We were ut - degrees 10
| minutes north. Although the dogs were less
| enduring than we hoped. still theY were tnler-
ably good. The ice now became roughcr and
| he diff contrary. On March p VIC had only
reached - degrees - minutes north, and on
| Marcn %. - degrees 30 minutes
| On April swe began our march towards
| Fra = Josef Land On April L. cur watches
I'm down, owing to the unusual length
OF the days march After that
date we were unccrt in as to our lOnsi-
tude, but hoped that our dead reckoning was
| fairly correct As we came south We met
many cracks which greatly retarded our
| progress. The provisions were rapidly de-
creasing. TIE dogs were killed one after the
| other to feed the rest
| IN we
| over tolerdbly good snow On July "a.
when about So degrees north, sighted
unknown land at last. but the ice was
| everywhere broken into small foes. tie
| water between being filled with crushed ice,
| in which the use OF the yaks was impose
| sibc We therefore nd to make our way by
| balancing from one ice piece to another. and
| .c did not reach Land until August g. at 81 d.
! gees IS minutes north, and about SO east lon
| stude
"On August % We reached spot In the si:l3
north and 50 east, evidently we'll suited to
| wintcring aEi it is now too late for the vo5-
| age to SpltzJcrgcn. considered il wisest to
| ~top nj pep re ;or water. We shot bears
and walruses and built - hut Of stones. earth
| and mo. 5, making the roof OF walru~ hide tied
Town with rope and covered with snow We
| used the blubber for cooking. light and hea:.
| The bear meat and the blubher were our onl ?
food for ten months Tue Dear skins formed
our beds nd sleeping z The winter, how
| ever passed well ami we were both in perfect
health -prins came with sunshine AID with
| auch open water to the southwest
| We hopel to have an easy VOYAGE to SpitE-
bergen over the foe Of ice and the open water.
sc vere Obliged 10 manu'1cture now clothes
! f-om bI nEetS and new sleeping bag OF bear
! Kin. Oar provisions were raw bear meat and
| ,.ubber.
on Nav 10 we were at list re d. To stIrt
/ Ne came to open ter on My % in 81 de-
| grces minutes north 'titUie, but were re-
| tlrdcd by storms until June little south
Of 81 degrees We found land extending west
| ard and open water which reached west
northwest along IL, north coast HUT We pre-
erred to travel southwark over the ice
| through a broad sound
| We came on June T. to the south side Of the
| The island and found much open wster trenl-
/ ing westward We sailed and padded in this
| direction in order to proceed across to SpitZ-
| bergen from the most westward cape, but
| Payers map was misleading
| DIR. Nansen then tells of his accidental meet
ing with Capt Jackson. in command Of the
British north pole expedition on June IL three
miles out on foe, $. s E OF Cape Flora.
| nsen remained al JIckson's quarters about
| six weeks till the steamer Windward arrived
| with supplies for the English expedition
| We left Franz Josef Land in the steamer
| Windwar, on Aug. :, ami had u short and very
| peas mt passage, thanks to the mastery way
| in which Capt Brown brought his ship
| through the ice, and thence in tho open sea 10
| Vardo"
CsntenarIsn Club Funeral.
LEXINGTON, KY, Aug. 17.--Jacob
White, a member of Lexington's Cente-