Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-07
Details of the Meeting of Jackson and
Nansen.
| STORY OF ARCTIC ADVENTURE
A Sea Discovered Which Extends
Nearly to the Pole.
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Copyright, 1896. by the Associated Pressl
LONDON, September 1.-Henry Fisher
botanical curator TO the University College
Museum, Nottingham, and the botanist
OF the Jackson-Farnsworth arctic expeai-
ton, now entering upon its second winter
on Franz Josef Land, reached Gravcscai
saturday with four companions. by the
expeditions supply steamer. Windwari
This vessel landed Dr. hansen, the Nor
weSian explorer, at Vardos Island, in the
extreme northern part of Norway, August
i.
In an interview today Mr.. Fisher fur
nished further details of the meeting of
the two parties on the ice. and letter
from Mr.. J. G. Jackson, just received,
throws additional light upon this inter-
estinS chapter in northern exploration lis
tory.
Mr.. Fisher said.
ION June Ii We had just finished dinner
In our quarters at Cape Flora, when sud-
denly. Lieutenant Albert A-mitage r Mr.
our astronomer, put his head in the win
dow and shouted: How many of you are
here: L See man on the ice foe Mr..
Jackson Immediately rose and said. Who
ever II is, I'm Off
We then scrambled for our tclesco.es
and Lieutenant Armitage and /, who had
good glasses, suggested that the stranger
was DIR. Nansen.
by the time Mr. Jackson moi the
stranger they looked like two specks in the
distance. After watching the stranger still
more carefully We definitely concluded that
Ne must be DIR. Nanseu. He Was wearing
SKIN. and was jumling from one ice hum
mock to another in a marvellous manner"
Mr Jackson's letter is addressed to Mr. A.
He wrote:
Hearing that some one had been seen on
me Ice started TO meet him. / saw a
man on the pack ice southeast of Cape
fiora, and second person further off
Il fired several shots to attract their at
tention, and after an hours walk we met
the man on ski. concluded he was a Nor
wegian, and imagined he was a walrus
hunter who had come to grief somewhere.
Approaching nearer we noticed that he
was as black as a stoker and that from
head TO foot his clothes were covered with
grease.
We shook hands warmly. and the fol-
lowing conversation ensued:
Jackson-I am awfully glad to see you.'
Nansen-'So am / 10 see you
Idckson-'HaVe you a ship hereo'
Nansen-'No. my ship is not here
Jackson-.How many are there OF youo
Nahseh-l nave one companion, In the
During this time / was locking s,a.dfv
in his face ard. in spite of his long, black
ha1r and smoke-black skin / thought he.
was DIR. Nansen, who had known il Lon
Nansen"
Yes, am Nansen' Was his reply.
By jove.' 1 answered. L really am
awfully glad TO see you
Then We again shook hands still more
heartily.
i thank you very much said Or. Nam
sen. 1T is very kind of YOU
hen We reached headquarters it was
midnight, bat as light as noon.
After DIR. Nansen and his companion
had a bath, Were shaved and had their
hair cut or photographer took their pie
lures and they dined with us
ll.nt
DR.. Nansen's establishment We had roast
loon, peas and otter vegetables. jam tart,
cheese, preserved ruits and port sherry
and whisky"
Mr.. Jackson also sent by the W-indwari
resume of his diary. kept during the past
year. and maps of his own making which
entirely alter the geography of Franz Josef
Land He has discovered a great sea where
the map of Payer, the Austrian eNplorer
SHOWS land. This sea, which Mr.. jackson
has named Queen Victoria sea he thinks
extends without 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.
MIR. Jackson also writes:
"A long channel through which We mass
ed from TiSto to Queen Wet ria Sea L
named the Britisl channel. Its chief arms
are Clements Markham Channel by the
Allen Young Sound and Robert Peel sound
To this l look as my m,st Favorable
route in 1897, when the sun returns in the
spring.
THE mapping of Franz Joseph Land is
practically complete, and nothing should
prevent my attempting its opaa water or
crust OF ice, as the case may be.
Il gave DIR. Nansen tracings of my map
and his route south. As his watches ran
down he unable to establish his posi-
tion correctly. Until he saw ny map Of
last year he supposed that no one had been
there before HIM"