The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-08-20
new NORTHERN LANDS
Discoveries Made by the Jack.
son Expedition.
STRANGE MEETING WITH NANSEN
The Curious Chance That Enabled the
Windward Commander to Restore
Nansen to His Friends.

The Curious Chance That Enabled the
Windward Commander to Restore
Nansen to His Friends.
Vardoe, Norway. Aug. IT, The
steamer which has just returned from
Franz Josef Land after taking supplies
to the British north pole expedition
commanded by jackson known as the
Jackson n-Harmsworth expedition, filed
a telegraphic message here yesterday
describing the accidental meeting be-
tween jackson and DR.. Nansen, one of
the most remarkable incidents in the
history of Arctic exploration:
''On June II I met DIR. Nansen three
miles out on a foe s. s. E. of Cape
Flora, and under most extraordinary
circumstances. He had wintered in
rough hut within mile or two of our
northern limit in 1895. and this spring
we unwittingly came within few
miles of his winter quarters.
DR.. Nansen left the Fran with one
companion, Lieutenant Sigard Scott
Hansen, lieutenant in the Norwegian
navy, and director of the astronomical,
meteorological and magnetic observa-
tions, and reached the latitude SO: IA,
travelling northeast from where he left
the Fran, which was in "a north, 102
east. s..--
CDR. Nansen expressed the greatest
surprise and the liveliest satisfaction
at meeting with us.
"You understand how greatly the
meeting affected me, and my pleasure
at the extraordinary chance which had
thrown it in my way to render him
service and restore him to his friends. -
jackson then describes his own ex-
perience in exploring the western parts
of Franz Josef Land, telling how he
has drawn extensive. accurate maps,
and has dioovered new regious, and add
ing:
"When the Windward left, in 1895,
we went on months expedition to the
northwest in a little boat. the Mary
Harmsworth, and discovered a large
tract of land to the westward, of hither-
to unknown limit, and a magnificent
headland composed of ice from its sum-
NIT to its foot, and having at its base
huge, upapproachable rampant of
ice. We named it Harmsworth cape,
and only approached the base of the
headland with the greatest difficulty,
owing to surging masses of heavy ice
and furious gales, during which our
boat was, upon several occasions, near
ly smashed to atoms. We landed on
the coast as often as possible, and as
cended the peaks and made numerous
geological and botanical collections.
Far up Cambridge bay we discovered
another lofty ice headland, and named
it Cape Firth of Nansen.
THE spring has been phenomenally
mild. Although we marched north a
great distance, using sixteen dogs and
pony, we met, after fortnight, open
water reaching from the face of a huge
glacier east to the precipitous end OF
another large glacier west. Advance
by sleds was thus cut off. We then
struck southwest down Markham
sound, and added greatly to our dis
coveries of 1895. But we were again
stopped by open water reaching entire.
ly across the sound, so we turned west
ward and succeeded in exploring the
entire western shores.
During April terrific snow storms,
coupled with rises in temperature. en-
tirely broke the ice and prevented
marching, but we took number OF
valuable photographs. Professor Mohn
says that the scientific results of Nam
sens observations are magnificent, and
numerous islands have been discov.
cred -