The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-08
Details of the Incident Furnished by
the Englishman and by Mem
Der of the Relief Party.
ANOTHER SEA DISCOVERED
NAMED IN HONOR OF QUEEN VICTO-
RIA BY MIR. JACKSON.
Latter VIII Utilize 1t When He At
tempts to Reach the North Pole
General Foreign News.
Copyright, 1885, by the Associated Press-)


LONDON, Sept. Henry Fisher, botani-
cal curator to the University College Mus
cum. Nottingham, and the botanist Of the
Jackson and Farnsworth arctic expedition,
now entering upon its second winter on
Franz Josef Land, reached Gravesend on
Saturday with four companions by the ex-
petitions supply steamer Windward. This
vessel landed Dr. hansen, the Norwegian
explorer, at Vardoe island, in the extreme
northern part of Norway, on Aug. b.
In an interview TO-DAY Mr.. Fisher fur
nished further details of the meeting of
the two parties on the ice and a letter
from MIR. F. G.. Jackson just received
throws additional light on this interesting
chapter in northern exploration history.
Mr.. Fisher said: ION June II we had just
finished dinner in our quarters at Cape
Flora when suddenly Lieut. Albert Armi-
tage, r. N r., our astronomer, put his
head in the window anu shouted
How many of you here? I see a
man On the ice foe.
Mr.. jackson Immediately rose and said
Whoever it is, I'm off,
I'VE then scrambled for our telescopes
and Lieutenant Armitage and L. who had
good glasses, discovered that the stranger
was Dr. Nansen BY the time Mr.. Jackson
specks in the distance. After watching the
stranger still more carefully we definitely
concluded that he must be DR.. Nansen.
He was wearing a ski and was jumping
from one ice hummock to another in a
marvellous manner
Mr.. Jackson's letter is addressed to Mr..
w. C. Farnsworth and continues the story.
He wrote: Hearing that some ore had
been seen on the ice, L started to meet
him. l saw a man on tLe pack ice south
east of Cape Flora and a second person
further off. L fired several shots to attract
their attention and, after an hours walk,
we met the man on the ski. We concluded
he a Norwegian and imagined he was
a walrus hunter who had come TO grief.
Approaching nearer we noticed that he
black as a stoker and that from
head to foot his clothes were covered with
grease. We shook hands warmly and then
the following conversation ensued:
Jackson am awfully glad to see you.
'Nansen-So am / to see you.
iJackson-Have you ship here?
'tNansen--No; my ship is not here.
"Jackson-How many are there of you?
"Nansen-I have one companion IN the
distance there.
During this time I was looking steadily
in his face, and in spite of his long black
hair and smoke-blaek skin | thought he ne
London. So l exclaimed:
Are you not DR.. Nansen?'
Yes, am NanSen, was his reply.
BY Jove,' ! answered, / really am aw-
fully glad to see you. Then we again
shook hands still more heartily.
g / thank you very much said DR.. Nan
sen. 1t is very kind of you
When we reached headquarters it was
midnight, but light as noon. After DIR.
Schott-Hansen, had a bath. they were
shaved and their hair cut. Our photogra-
pher then took their pictures and they
dined with us Our dinner was a great
success. To DR.. Nansens astonishment we
had roast LOOM peas and other vegetables,
sherry and whisky.
Mr.. Jackson also sent by the Wndward
a resume of his diary kept during the past
year. and maps of his own making. which
Land. He has discovered a great sea where
the map of Payer, the Austrian explorer,
shows land. This sea, which Mr. jackson
has named Queen Victoria sea, he thinks
extends without a break from about sew
enty miles north of his winter quarters to
within three degrees of the pole and is
considered by far the most important body
of water yet discovered in those parts. Mr..
Jackson also writes: "A long channel
through which we passed from Tisto to
channel. Its chief arms are Clements
Markham chanel, Allen Young sound and
Robert Peel sound. To this sea / look as
my most favorable route in 1897, when the
sun returns in the spring. The mapping of
Franz Josef Land is practically complete
its open water, or crust of ice, as the case
may be. ! gave DIR. Nansen tracings of nv
map and his route south. AS his watches
ran down he was unable to establish his
OF last year he supposed that no one had
been there before him."