The herald., 1896-08-15
''''''' 1FIiFI'i IIF]| VOYAGE
Tales Sent Out From the
Frozen Regions
The RELIEF STEAMER W|NDWARD"
Finds the Explorer on an
Ice Floe
MANY DISCOVERIES MADE
OF Hitherto Unknown Islands and Of
Botanical Specimens
The Scientific Results Of Nansen's Observa.
tions are Valuable
OF Hitherto Unknown Islands and of
Botanical Specimens
The Scientific Results Of Nansen's 0bserva.
tlons are Valuable
Commodore HeiviIIe Of :the United States
Navy Believes this Explorers Trip
Proves the Non-Existence Of
the Arctic Current
Associated Press Special Wire.


NARDOE, Norway, Aug. 14.-(Copy-
right. 1850 The captain of the Wind
ward, the British steamer which has
just returned from Franz Josefland. af-
ter taking supplies to the British north
POLE expedition. commanded by Jack
son, and konwn as the Jackson Harms
worth" expedition, filed telegraphic
message here yesterday describing the
accidental meeting between jackson
and DIR. Nansen. one of the most re-
markable incidents in the history OF
arctic exploration.
"On June 18th, met DIR. Nansen three
miles out on a foe S.SE. of Cape Flora
and under the most extraordinary cir
cumtsances. He had wintered in a
rough hut within a mile or two of our
northern limit in 1895 and this spring
we unwittingly came within a few miles
of his winter quarters.
DIR. Nansen left the Fran with one
companion, Lieutenant Sigard Scott
Hansen. a lieutenant in the Norwegian
navy, and director of the astrological,
meteorological and magnetic observa-
tions, and reached the latitude S6.14,
travelling northeast from where he left
the Fran, which was in 81 forth, 102
east.
DIR. Nansen expressed the greatest
surprise and the liveliest satisfaction at
meeting with US.
"You understand how greatly the
meeting affected me and my pleasure
at the extraordinary chance which had
thrown itself in my wy to reNder him
4. =; g.,t.
Jackson then describes his own eX-
periences in exploring the western
parts OF Franz Josefland, telling how
he has drawn extensive and accuratet
maps and has discovered neys legions
nd adding:
When the Windward left in 1895 we
went on n months expedition to the
northwest in a little boat. the Mary
Harmsworth, and discovered large
tract of land to the westward, o fhither-
to unknown limits. and a magnificent
headland composed of ice from it's sum-
NIT to it's foot and having at it's base a
huge. impossible rmpart of ice. We
named it Harmsworth Cape, and only
approached thebase of the headland
with the greatest difficulty owing to the
surging masses of heavy ice and furious
gales during which our boat was upon
several occasions nearly smashed to
atoms We lnded on the coast as often
as possible and ascended the highest
peaks and made numerous geological
and botnicl collectionc. Far up Cam
bridge bay we discovered another lofty
ice headland and named it Cape Fridtjof
Nansen.
THE spring has been phenomenally
mild. Although we marched north a
great distance, using sixteen dogs and
a pony, we met after fortnight open
water reaching from the face of a huge
glacier east to the precipitous end of
another large glacier. The advance by
sleds was thus cut off. We then struck
southeast down Markham sound. and
added greatly to our discoveries of 1895
But we were agin stopped by open water
reaching entirely across the sound SO
we turned westward, and succeeded in
exploring the entire western shores
During April terrific snow storms
coupled with rises in the temperature
entirely broke up the ice and prevented
marching, but we took number of val
liable photographs
Prof. Mohn says that the scientific re-
suits of DR.. Nansen's observations are
magnificent, and that several islands
have been discovered.
NANSEN'S OWN STORY.
LONDON, Aug. 14.-The story in de-
tail by the explorer himself. of Dr. Frid-
jof Nansen's Arctic expedition and the
adventures OF his party. together with
the scientific results obtained, first of
which is his success in penetrating to
the highest latitude and hitherto not
trod by the foot of man, namely. Sc de-
grees, IA minutes, north. are given to the
world by the Chronicle this morning,
following the story by Jacksan of the
finding of Nansen, contained in a dis
patch from Vardoe, Norway, yesterday
to the Associated Press.
DR.. Nansen says in the Chronicle: The
Fran left Jugor straits August 8, 1893.
We had to force our way through much
ice along the Siberian coast. We dis
covered an island in the Kara sea and a
great number of islands along the coast |
of Cape Cheljuskin. In several places |
we found evidences Of glacial epoch |
during which northern Siberia must |
have been covered with an inland ice to |
a great extent.
"On September 18th we were off the |
mouth Of Olenex river but we thought |