Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-15
9ELEGRAPHlC.
DR.. NANSEN'S STORY
.r,syrIrIo RESULTS OBTAINED.
,,s Fran an Admirable y'sS,l-lhs
necliug with Ja'k'on-'ommOdore
M,llvlils's opinion.

LoNDoN, Aug. l5.-The story In de-
,,u nv the explorer himself Of DR..
r,,blof Nansun's Arctic expedition
md Inc adventures OF hts party, to-
.,tbst with tho scientific results Oh.
,,issd. fits. Of which 10 bis Euceena In
,.u,tFating to tho highcat latitude
snherlo trod by tho foot OF mau, namt'
/, So degrees IA minutes norm, orc
glyen to the world by the Chronicle
~ morning.
DR.. Nanscn says In the Chronicle:
nrhe Fran loft Jugor strait August T.
isos We had to force our way
lhfough much Ice along The Siberia
so.,t. We discovered an leland IN the
Ken sca and n great number Of 10.
nnds along the coast 10 Cape Chpi'
nskin. In several place. wo found
syiience- Of n glacial epoch, dufiny
ubloh Northern Slbefia must have
teen covered by inland Ice 10 u great
extent.
ION September 18Th we were ofi the
m.uih OF Olcnex fiVur,but VIZ thought
nwas too lato 10 10 IN thofc 10 fetch
OUT dogs. We paeted the New sibu.
fisn Islands Stpiembof .2nd. We
made latt 10 Zoe IN latitude IS deg. 80
mlu. north anu IA longitude 1873 dog.
81 min. west. We thon allowed tue
Inlp 10 be closed In By Ice.
as anticipated, We were gradually
dfiited north and nofihwottward dut.
ing the autumn anu winter from tho
eoutlAntly exposed ana violent ptotH.
ufea, bnt she (tho Franz surpassed our
trpoclations, being superior t. any
Hiaiu. The temperature ioil rapidly
and was constantly low, with little
variation for the whole winter. Duflng
weeks tho mercury was frc1sn. Tne
lowest temperature was 81 uog. below
fsfo. Every man GA board was Ia
perfect health curing the wnoo
voyage. The electric light generated
tya windmill fulfilled our expcota-
IONS. The most friendly fonnng *.
h,sd and limo passed. pleasantly.
Evsry one made pleasure bis duiy,
AMI better lot Of men could hardly
b. found.
"rhe YEA was up to 90 iathoms deep
iouIa Of ~ deg. north, whore the depth
iuidoniy increased ana was from 1900
to 1000 fathoms north OF that latitude.
This will necessarily upset all previous
lhe0rieu based on n shallow polar basin.
The SEA bottom was remarkably de.
void Oi organic matter. During the
vhule driit had good opportunity TO
hho series OF scientific oossfvations,
uuteorologl magnetic, asironoml'
al anu biological kUundiDgp, deep Rea
temperatures, examinations for the
allnity 81 tho sen water, etc. Under
ihe stratum Of cold ice-water covering
the surface OF the polar basin, soon
discovered warmer aud more saline
water, due 10 tue Gull stfsnm, with
temperatures from 81 dog. 10 30 dog.
ave saw no land anu NO open water
except narrow cracks IN every diioc
ton. As Anticipated our driit north.
westward wua Inosl rapid during the
winter and spring, while the northeTly
winds stopped OF dtiilou US backward
during the summer. On June IS, 1904
We we're In 81 deg. 90 miu. north, bul
W. dfiiled then southwark Only, On
October 2lat we passed 81 deg. norm,
On Christmas eve, 1894 latitude 50 deg
Bofth was reached, aud Tow days lal'
uf 1888 ueg. "a min, the farlhest noitt
latitude previously reached by man.
"On January 4ih anu 9th tne Fam
Wa exposed 20 tue most violent iu'
pressure We experienced. She wa
lhsn ilfmly frozen IN leo Of more thai
ihifty leet OF measured thickursl
THIS zoe was ovurEid1en by great iul
mlitts which were pressed hgaine
The port side with Irresistible force
and threatened 10 bury " nut TO crust
her, Tho necetaafy provisions VIII
tho canvas kayaoks anu other equip
msnh had been placed Ia safety up,i
tho ice. Every man was ready 4