Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-15

when Df. Nansen lefs her on March
Ia, 1906.
Prof. l.. Mohp saws tina, the scien-
iiiic results OF Or. Nannen'e observe
lions arc magnificent ana thht several
Islands have bccn dltc7veted.
Df. Nausen, 10 describing their HE
during the winter OF 1885, selti
"when the bears ilssh had been
exhauslnI We were obliged t. Mi the
weakest dogs 10 feed the others anu
continue thus uutll the whole pack
aad been slaughtered.
Myself anu my cOmpaninns started
In the direction oil .rpitzbefgtn IN
May 10Th. After that we occupied elk
wetks on snow shoes dragging sleiges
and kayaks 1.-THE Arctic lcanocl loaded
on fledges alter ne. We went partly
overland and partly over tea Ice.
1--WE reached Jackson's winter quar-
icra where We found nil IN good health.
We remained there about eix weeks
ull the steamer Windwafd arrived"
Mf. jackson pfoposus 10 remain In
tho Atciic regions until neat summer
with tho intention Of pushing further
north. Jecksou aud his compani0ue
afe IN excellent health and spirits ana
iull Of hope rs TO tue results Of their
expedition.
MELviLLK's OPINION.
wAsniEoTOE, Aug. l4.-Cmmoiofo
Meivinv commented on tne atoyo cable
10 iollowt:
"fn reading the later disra,chtn u
noums most extraordinary condition
Of riiaifs that the two principal uiiicsfa
OF tho Fran should have been found
W far away from their nip aud ssp.
stated from tho ether members oi tue
ship's company. l. the dispatch Ia nu.
thsntic, land IL would not bu iair 10
doubt ~, tho meeting OF Nnnsuu and
Jackson II 10 DO considered an eX.
tremely fortunate ono Tor tho former,
with his chronomeiet and watch
stopped no had Loaf ale ruckonirgt, aud
Without doubt would have pcfished has
he not met Jaoktos. Il extraordinary
mat nothing ~ aaid definitely OF the
whereabouts Of the FRAN beyond the
TACT that SHE was abandoned In 81 dr-
gfoos north latitude. Tue dispatch
says that the highest northern latitude
was made north Of the Siberian la
lands. That Ia possible, but not prob
able. Aud II tho Nlnuuu party NJ.
,alned latitude Of 50 degtots Il must
have been upon the 1xod icu.cnp over
which " would DO comparatively easy
travelling.
"rho dispatch stated tho expedition
sailed or steamed their way t0ntn ana
westward 10 FAM Joaoi lAnd. This 10
hardly possible. AZ matters not where
n ship ~ put IN the moving p3lur pack
to the nOfthwntd Of the cosst Of 81.
bcrla, nnywhtfo from Nova Zumhla to
East Cape OF Befing elraishts, u she
holds together the would DO spewud
out between Nova Xembla ana Franz
josef land or Franz Josef land ami
Spltzbefgen, or II Ia possible that there
| Is open water or running Ice OF drifting
| pack 10 the north OF Franz josef land,
anu II IL possible for u snip 10 come out
I between Spilzoefgen anu Greculsnu,
/ though the latter IA very doub,iul. Tho
/ Arctic ocean, asdouuded Tor more Than
/ 800 miles ~ this JvhnnetlU cxpoii.
ton, was found - be a very shallow
sea ffom sixteen TO thirty iaihoms.
! Currents DO not move very rapidly w
SUCH shallow waters. II the theory
thut an ice.oap feslt at the north pole
OF the earth holds goods, u should ex.
tend south 10 about s. degrees north
latliuds,and as the polar pack IL driven
/ 10 Auo iptAu thN NNtN honk Nu' tukt
OF this car, this result 10 10 shove tut
loose ice out Of tue channels beiof,
mentioned.
"rhv dispatch IL 20 meager In detail
that dislike 10 comment on IT. paffi-
bilities. But there L. no reason why,
~ the Fran held togothsr all this. tiEr,
she should not have driiled out just
where tho II said 10 have appeared
But 20 DRIFT across thu pole, never. II
the Fran IN aiill unbroken she vii
eventually drift cut between Now
Z'mbla Rnd Frnuz josef Land. II
Nanaen ~ safe, ~ We oil hope he H.
his cXpolition proves the iallaoy OF hii
own theory anu tends 90 confirm tho
held by Greeley hnd otheTs. Including
myself, that there Is an Toe cap a. thi
pole, extending down 10 about IS de
graus."