The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-14

round. white and very compact. The ra-
tion Of each man is to consist Of four bis
QUITS day. This, at least, was given out
when the expedition left Norwa,' Silk is
used as the most suitable material for
tents, as II shuts out the cold better than
anything else. The cabin of Nansen's ship,
the Fran (forward). is heated by means
of an English petroleum stove, which con-
sumes three litres Of petroleum per day.
AS the explorer has taken along with him
a sufficient supply of this fuel to last him
eight or nine years. there will be no lack
of heating material. The library of the
which are scientific works and the other
half novels, poetry, etc. The crew num-
bers twelve men and all occupy the cabin,
which measures only thirteen feet square.
There they dwell, eat and work. The suits
they wear cannot be penetrated by water
The expedition sailed from Christiana
make for the new Siberian islands and
head north until the Fran, by being i'm
bedded in the ice, would be compelled to
which might be found On Aug g. 1895,
DR.. Nansen sent a dispatch from Vardo,
reporting than on the I'd of that month he
that the Fran had behaved splendidly up
TO that stage of the journey, especially in
forcing her way through the ice. A Lon
don dispatch, dated March of last year,
stated that a letter dated Kjolefdord, Feb.
"a had reached Hammerfest, Norway,
nouncing that telegraph inspector at a
station in. the mountains between Lebesy
in southerly direction, and believed that
1t was possibly carrying dispatches from
DR.. Nansen. but until the dispatch from
further news of the balloon of DR.. Nansen
had been received
WHERE THE NEWS CAME FROM.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says:
''The news from DR.. Nansen, which was
telegraphed here from Irkutsk, Siberia, was
received there from Ust Yacht, at the
mouth of the Yana river"
The Yana river falls into the Arctic ocean
by several mouths in latitude 70 degrees
north and longitude 137 degrees east of
Greenwich Ust Yacht, or Ust Yansk, is
one OF these In fact, Ust or COST is the
Russian name for the mouth of river.
Ust Yansk is only a little more than a
hundred miles from Liakov island, which
is one of the new Siberian islands. The
hundred miles east OF the Lena delta.
The Inflated Jeannette was crushed I'm the
ioe nd In * n lanrdn nopfh on ns E
1881. This point is TO the northeast of The
new Siberian islands. Those of the expedi-
tion who reached land came 500 miles in
boats and sleds to do it. Their point of ar
rival was west and north of Ust Yansk.
DR.. Nansen's reported discovery is much
discussed in the press, both In London, and,
according TO foreign kilograms, elsewhere,
and the general opinion seems to be some
what skeptical, without denying the pos
sibility of the truth of the report. But this
report is held to at least Indicate that DR..
Narsen is safe and is returning. The Royal
Geographical Society's officials consider 1t
strange that they should receive word.
as DR.. Nansen promised that society should
have the very first news. and they have
yet received nothing. The Times prints
various conjectures on the subject and con-
cludes that II the news Is true DR.. Nansen
has accomplished the task more rapidly
than was expected