The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
THE FINDING OF NANSEN.
Further Details Brought by
the Steamer WindWard.
LETTERS FROM r. G JACKSON

rhe Maps Entirely Alter the Geography
of Franz Josef Land-New Sea Found
Where Land Had Been Shown.
London, Sept. 9.-Henry Fisher,
botanical curator to the university COL
lege museum. Nottingham, and the
botanist of the jackson and Harms
worth Arctic expedition, now entering
on it's second winter on Franz Josef
Land. reached Grave send on Saturday
with four companions of the ,expedi-
tion by the supply steamer Windward
The vessel landed DR.. Nansen, the
Norwegian explorer, at Vardoe island,
in the northern part of Norway.
In an Interview Mr.. Fisher furnished
further details Of the meeting of the
two parties on the ice. and letter
from f. G.. jackson, just received,
throws additionalIight upon the most
interesting chapter in northern explora-
tion history. Mr.. Jackson's letter is
addressed to A. G. Harmsworth, and
continues the story. He wrote:
Hearing that some one had been
seen on the ice, started to meet him.
I saw man on the pack ice southeast
of Cape Flora, and second person
further off.
81 fred several shots to attract their
attention, and after an hours walk,
met the man in walrus skin, and con.
cluded he was a Norwegian walrus
hunter, who had come to grief some.
where. Approaching nearer we NO.
ticed that he was as black as stoker,
and that from head to foot his clothes
were covered with grease. We shook
hands. In spite of his long black
hair and smoke. black skin, I thought
he was DR.. Nansen. whom had known
in London, so I exclaimed:
Are you not DIR. Nansen?'
eyes, 1 am Nansen, was his reply.
"Then we again shook hands, still
more heartily. When we reached
headquarters it was midnight, but as
light as noon. After DR.. Nansen and
his companion (Lieutenant Schott
Hansen) had bath, were shaved and
had their hair cut, our photographer
took their pictures, and they dined
with us. Our dinner was q great sue.
| 3ess.
"To DR.. Nansen's astonishmens we
had roast loon. peas and other vege-
tables, cheese, preserved fruits and
pork, sherry and whiskey."
Mr.. jackson also sent by the Wind
ward resume Of his diary kept during
the past year, and maps of his own
making, which entirely alter the geo.
graphy of Franz Josef Land He has
discovered a great sea where the map Of
Payer, the Australian explorer. shows
land. This sea, which Jackson has
named Queen Victoria sea, he thinks
extends without a break from aLout
seventy miles north of his winte,
quarters to within three degrees OF
the pole, and is considered by far the
most important body of water yet dis
covered in those parts. Mr.. Jacskon
also writes:
"a long channel, through which
we passed, from Tisto to Queen Vic
toria sea, named the British chanuel.
Its chief arms are Clements Markham
channel, Allen Young sound and Rob-
ert Peel sound. To this sea I look as
my most favorable route in 1897,
when the sun returns in the spring.
"The mapping Of Franz Josef Land
is practically complete, and nothing
should prevent my attempting its open
water or crust Of ice, as the case may
be. gave DR.. Nansen tracings of my
map and his route south. AS his
watch ran down, he was unable to es
tablish his position correctly. Until
he saw my map of last year, he sup
posed that no one had been there before
him."