, 1896-08-14

DIDN'T REACH THE POLE.
DR.. Nansen's Art.c Expedition Reaches
Home Safely.

Al,ic explorer. has arrived ait Nardo
island, Norway, on beard the steamer
Winlward, which recently went to
Franz Josef Land in order 10 bring
back the Jackson-Farengwor3h expedi-
Won.
The Verdens Gang. a daily newspa-
per of this city, has received the fol-
loving telegram from DR.. Nansen.
Home safe after fortunate expedi-
ton"
Maimo, Sweden, Aug. 13.-The news
paper D~agensnyueler has received COM
munications from DR.. Nansen and
Lieut.. Sschottansen from the Island OF
Vardo.
These communications state that
they abandoned The Fran in the au-
-umn and resorted to The ice.
WHERE THEY WE'RE PICKED UP.
The steamer Windward, carrying
supplies to the Jackson-FarenswCTth
expedition. picked them up neal Franz
josef Land. 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
c'Eler explorer has done.
The steamer Windward cook letters
fer Nansen when it started to the relief
of the Jackson-Farensworth expedi-
zion. as Mr.. Jackson expected to find
hansen and was convinced that his
idea of drifting across the pole in the
ice was impracticable. He was also
convinced that Nansen wcuid return in
he direction of Franz josef Land.
DR.. Nansen left the Fran on March
II. 1895, in 81 degrees Of north latitude.
He traversed the polar sea to a point
Sc degrees. IA minutes north latitude,
situated north of the New Siberian ISL
ands. No land was sighted north of SO
degrees of latitude or thence to Franz
Josef Land, where he passed the win
ter. subsisting on bears flesh and
whale blubber.
~ Aio oIa MS u dl e
in the best of health. The Fran is ex-
pscted at Vardo or Bergen shortly. She
stood the ice well. There were no sick
persons aboard when hansen left her.
HISTORY OF THE EXPEDITION.
DR.. Fridtjoj Nansen. the Norwegian
scientist, now SO years OF age. sailed
from Chr.stiana on June "a, 1893, on a
voyage OF discovery to uhe Artic re-
sions and with the intention of reach
ing The North Pole. if possible. He
embarked on board the three-masted
schooner Fran, which was provided
with a 160-horSe power steam engine.
She was CT 500 ions burden. and her
sides were so constructed as to force all
ice meeting Che vessel to pass under it,
thus preventing all 'pinching" and
screwing. The Fran was launched at
Laurw.k. near Christiana. on Oct. 26,
1892. and ',he Norwegian parliament
gave hansen about $4,000 in aid of his
expedition. Additional funds were
Forthcoming by private subscription,
including one of over $1,000 from King
Oscar. ~
DR.. Nansen's plan, was. to, make for
the New Siberian island and thence
sail directly north until the Fran
should lie imbedded in the ice. He pro-
posed then to drift along with the ice,
following the west coast Of any land
%hs; might be met. dispatch was re-
csived from the doctor at vardo on
Aug. %, 1898, written in the Yugorski
straits. on the second day OF that
month, announcing that the expedition
was about :, sail into the Kara sea and
that the Fran so far had behaved
s%plendidly.
There have been a number OF at
'temps to reach the North Pole. The at
tempt now in progress by the Jackson
Farenswonth expedition. whose ship,
the Windward. has brought DR.. Nansen
back>to Norway, commenced in July,
1894. The Windward took the expedi-
ton to Fraz Josef and, where depots
were established. preparatory to the
march northward. The Windward re-
turned and was on her second trip to
FRANZ Josef Land to bring back the
expedition when the newt had been
flashed from Norway that she Is re-
turning to Vardo with DR.. hansen.
A Regal Bridal Gift.
A good story is told Of the late Baron
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