Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1896-08-21
NEARER 70 THE NORTH POLE
DR.. NanSen Advanced Further
Than Previous Explorers.
He AND PARTY SAFE AND WELL
DIR. Hansen Has Been Gone Over Three
Years Now. and His Expedition IL .
Great Success He Will Soon Return.


Years Now, and His Expedition IL .
Great Success He Will Soon Return.
Malmo, Sweden, Aug. 1.-THE
newspaper Dagensnyheler has received
communications from DR.. Nansen and
Lieutenant Shottansen, from the island
OF Vardo. These communications state
that they abandoned the Fran in the
autumn Of 1895 and resorted to ice.
The steamer Windward, carrying
supplies to the jackson Harmsworth
expedition, picked them up near Franz
Josef land. They expected that the
Fran would eventually drift to the
east coast Of Greenland. DR.. Nansen
failed 70 reach the pole, but he touched
a point four degrees nearer than any
other explorer has done.
The steamer Windward took letters
for Nansen when it started to the relief
OF the Jackson Harmsworth expedition,
as Mr.. jackson expected to find Nan
sen, and was convinced that his idea
OF drifting across the pole in the Ice
was impracticable. He was also con.
vinced that Nansen would return in
the direction Of Franz Josef land.
All in Good Health.
Vardoe, Norway, Aug. II. - DR..
Nansen left the Fran on March IA,
1895, in 83 deg. of north latitude. He
traversed the polar sea to point 86:14
north latitude, situated north Of the
North Siberia islands. No land was
sighted north Of SO deg. Of latitude or
thence to Franz Josef land, where he
passed the winter, subsisting ON bear
flesh and whale blubber.
DR.. Nansen and his companions are
in the best Of health. The Fran is ex-
pected at Vardoe or Bergen shortly.
She stood the ice we'll. There were no
sick persons aboard when Nansen left
her.
CDR. Fritioio Nansen, the Norwegian
scientist, now SO years old, sailed
from Chrstiana on June "a, 1898, on a
voyage of discovery to the arctic re.
/ gions, 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 160.horsepower steam engine.
She was Of 800 tons burden, and her
sides were so constructed as to force all
ice meeting the vessel to pass under it,
thus preventing all "pinching'' and
screwing.
The Fran was launched at Laurwik.
near Christiana, October 26, 1892, and
the Norwegian parliament gave DR..
Nansen about $50. 900 in aid of his ex-
pedition. Additional funds were
forthcoming by private subscription,
including one Of over So, 900 from King
Oscar.
The Fran was in every way admir-.
ably equipped, and had a 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 liters of petro.
leum day. The Fran (forward) had
enough fuel on board to last eight or
nine years, and she also had library
of 1000 books.
DR.. Nansen's plan was to make for
the New Siberia islands and thence
sail directly north until the Fran
should be imbedded in the ice. He
propo-ed then to drift along with the
Ice, following the west coast of any
land that might be met. A dispatch
was received from him at Vardien,
August 2S, 1898, written in the Yugor-
aki straits on the second day of that
month. announcing that the expedition
was about to sail into Kara sea, and
that the Fran, so far, had behaved
splendidly. n
DR.. Nansen entered the university Of
Chistiana in 1880, an in 1882 went as
a passenger on the sealing steamer vi.
king 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 re-
turn from Greenland he was appointed
curator Of the museum at Bergen, and
held that position until 1888, when he
led small expedition to Greenland
and crossed the southern portion of that
country from the east coast TO God
head, on the west coast, where the
party wintered, and returned to Nor.
way in June, 1882