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

Prof. l.. Mohn saws that the scien'
ii1c results Of DR.. Nansen's observe
linus are magnificent ana thet several
Islands have bocn dlfc3vered.
d. NHuscn, IN describing their HE
during the winter Of iSy5.0b, toit'
"When tho bears iissh had been
exbautteI We were obliged 10 XII the
weakest dogs % feed tho others anu
continue thus until tho whole PACK
uui been slaughtered
"Myseif and my companions started
IN the objection OF .rpilzlttgtn IN
May 10Th. After that We occupied ok
weeks on snow ehoUs dragging sleiges
aud kayaks 1.-THE Arctic lcanoc) loaded
on eledqes alter ne. We went partly
overland nui partly over tca Ice.
ave reached Jackson'. winter quar-
lrra where We found oil IN good health.
Wo remained there about ok works
ull the steamer Wiudwafd arrived"
Mt. Jackson ptopoars 10 remain In
the Arctic regi No until neat lummsr
with tho Intention 0f pushing further
north. Jacksou aud his cpmpauilr-
aru in excellent hcnlth ana spirits anu
iull Of hope rs to tue fcnulIs u their
expedition.
MELviLLE's oriNION.
WASHINGTON, Aug. l4.-CmmoIo
Mulvint commented 90 the aboyo cable
ae iollowG
"tn reading tho later DISPATCHES Il
SCENE most extraordinary condition
vi uiiaifs that the two principal Uillcsn
OF tho Fran should have been found
s1 iat away from their snip aud s,p.
aratcI from tue other tmbets ~ tue
rhip's company, he dispatch is ma.
ihentir, land 10 wouli not bu iair 10
doubt ~, ITO meeting Of Nausou anu
Jackson IL 10 be- considered an Cx.
trsmuiy fortunate ono Tor tho former,
with his Chronumolet hnd watch
stopped no had lost HE rUck ouirgs, aud
without doubt would nave pefishei hal
no not met Jackson. soEtrnotdinaTy
| mat nothing u said definitely Of the
! Whefuab.ut. Of tue Fran beyond the
TACT that shc was abandoned Ia 81 DE-
gtocs north latitude. Tue dlspNirh
says that the highest northern latitude
was maiu n1rih Of the HibbuHn L..
lands. That Is possible, bui rol prob.
able. AUD 10 tho NlutUu pnuy 10.
talnrd "A latitude u 81 degtc,s Il must
/ have been upon the hXCd icu.cnp over
which II would bu comparatively ca y
| travelling.
"rhe dispatch stated the expedition
sailed or steamed their way sUutu and
westward % Ffauz JOHul lana. Tnis 10
/ hardly possible. a. matters not where
a ship 10 pat ma the moving plllr pack
/ 10 the nofihwntd Of the COST Of ~.
/ borla, nnywhtTo from Nova Ltmbla To
| East Caps OF Boring stfniGhu, u she
l holds together che would be- Fpuwud
D 40 al
/ josef land Or Franz Josef land anu
l Spltzborgun, or II 10 possible that there
/ "a open water OF running iCo lr dfiitlug
/ pack 10 the u0rlh Of ffunz josef lana,
nnd u IA posaiblo f0t shIp 90 come nut
between SpiIzgvfgon AMI Grvoulsnd,
! though the latter o. very doubtful. Tho
! Arctic ocean, rs bOuuduI Tor more than
1880 miles ny tho Jeanette uxpuIi.
ton, was found O. DO ~ yuty shallow
sea from sixteen 10 thirty iaihoms.
Currents 10 not move very rapidly iu
such fhallow waters. 10 the theory
thrt nn lte.cup I6stH Gt the north pUlJ
OF the earth holds goods, u should ex.
tend south 10 about So degFeen north
lutludu,aud as the polar pack is driven
20 the north ana west Along tue cdg,
OF this Gag, this result is 10 shove iAI
loo1o ice out Of tue channels bef0I,
mentioned.
"rnu dispatch II 10 meager In dotai
that dislike 10 comment on its p1sri-
bllitlus. But there L. no reason why
10 the Fran held together all this tifgr
she should not have driiled out jusl
where fLo II tnin TO have appeared
Hut 10 driit across thp p1lg, never. II
the Fran IN sull unbT0kun she vii
eventually DRIFT cut between Nov
Z,mbla AMI Franz josef Land. II
Nnusuu ~ saie, 40 wo OIL hope he j.
ms expedition proves the lallsCy OF hii
own theory anu tends ~ confirm tho
held by Greeley nnd others, Including
myto.h that there IL au Toe cap a. tbi
poe, extending down ~ about So de-
gTouH"