The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-08
Explorer Jackson Discovers a
Great Inland Sea.
HIS MEETING WITH NANsEN.
The Midnight Banquet When the
Light Was as Noon.
Jacsson's New Mapping OF Franz Josef
Land. Showing sea Where Was
believed To be iaad- This sea Ex-
tends to Within Three Degrees of
the Pole. Which jackson Hopes to
Reach Next Year.


Copyrighted. ISes. by the Associated Press.
London. SEPT. Henry Fisher. botanical
curator 10 the University College museum,
Nottingham. and the bofauis, Of the Jack
son and farDsworth academy expedition.
fo@ entering upon its second winter on
Franz josef land reached Gravesead on
Saturday with four companions by rae ~
petition 5 supply steame~ WindNar The
vessel landed Dr. Nausea. the Norwegian
explorer. at NarG0e isld2d on August Is.
ir an interview today Mr. Fisher sug-
ni=Ged further details or the meeting OF
the two parties on the ice. and 4 letter
from Mr.. :. @. Jackson, just received,
throws additional light upon this inter
estlng chapter in northern exploration
history. Mr.. Jacksons letter IS addressed
10 Sir. A. {. Farnsworth. ami continues
the story. He wrote:
Hearing that some one had hsen on the
ice. l started 10 meet him I saw ! man
on the packed ice southeast OF Cape Fora
and second person further of. l flred
several shots % attract their attention.
and after an hDur walk met the man n
skin and conclud, re vas q Norwegian.
I imagined he Nas q walrus hunter who
had come to E-ief somewhere approach
ing nearer We n0tlesi that he was as
black as a stoker and that from head TO
foot his clothes were covered with grease
We Shook hands In spite Of his lonS black
hair nd smoke black skin, I thought he
was Dr.. Nansen. whom / had known iH
Lcndon, for I exclaimed: Are you n2t
Or Nansen?
Yes | am Nansen.' was the reply.
BY love. answered, L am really aw-
fully glad TO ses you
"Then We again shook hands stiI more
heaTtily.
"Nhen We reached headquarters II as
midnight. but as light as noon. After Dr.
Nd - II fenf - NFft-
Hansem had bath. were shaved and had
their hair c1t. our photographer took thear
pictuyes, and they dined with US. Our
dinner was a great success. To DR. Nan
sens astonshment, we had roast loon.
peas and other vegeta bles. cheese. pre-
served fruits and pork. sherry and
whisky
Alr. Jackson also sent by the Windward
q resume OF his diary kept during the
past year. and maps of his own making
whch entirely alter the geography Of
Franz Josef land. He has discovered
great sea where the map Of Payer. the
Austrian explorer. shows land. This sea,
when Mr.. Jackson has named Queen
Victoria sea, he thinks extends without a
hrexh from about seventy miles north
of his winter quarters to within three de-
erees Of the pole. and is considered by far
the most important body or water Yet dis-
covered in those parts.
Mr. jackson also writes: "A long chan
mel through which We passed from Tfsio
10 Queen Victoria sea. ! named the Brit
fish channel Its chief arms are Clements
Markham channel. Allen Young Sound and
Robert Peel Sound To this sea ] look as
my most favorable route in 1877, 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
Or Nanzen tracings Of my map and his
route south As his watches ran down he
was unable 10 establish his position cor
rectlv Intil he saw my map Of last year
la supposed that no one had been there
before him"