New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-14

drifting ice 70 and across the pole. last autumn.
The expedition failed TO reach the object Of Its
search but 1t got degrees 1014 minutes further
north than did any previous expedition.
According 10 one report received here Dr.
Nansens object in leaving the Fran Wa to
push further north than the steamer was able
70 penetrate the ice. This in March. 1870.
The reports at hand et present are somewhat
conflicting.
vard0e Aug 13-Dr. Nansen, the Arctic ex-
rlorer arrived here to-day He says that MS
expedition attained one of its objects In travers-
,ne the Polar Sea point northward or the
New-Siberian Islands. namely to lautuoe O"
degrees IA minutes north. No land was sighted
north of latitude 50 degrees. After reaching
the parallel Of sS:14 the expedition went south
- Franz Joseph Land where it spent the
winter. the members subsisting on bears hesh
and hlubber.
Dr Nansen arrived here on the steamer WIND
ward which is conveying provisions 10 the JACK
son -Farnsworth expedition. The explorer Is
nerfec,lv we'll The Fran is expected to arrive
al Vard0e or Bergen in a short time All was
vel aboard Of her when DR. Nansen le1t her'
y vessel especially constructed 10 resist C.e e
foes Dr.. Fridthof Nansen set san 10, .i :, ,ha
Pole from Vard0e Of Norway isiahos IN ,,ns ,ls
A-,,,c Sea on July 2l 1898 His steamer was caiieu
The Fran, II was his intention TO reaeh .ne s,s
sea that WAS alleged to exist lust nor,n ., ~
Cegree II latitude, and thence drlit Win ''e ~
The Pole s 49,. povs,
Jus, before his journey he addressed 'he isos
Geographical Society in London and explaiheo MS
theory OF the ice drift Enumeratng the eXpe-
riences Of former expeditions he showed tna' INC
Polar current between Greenland ana SpitzDeisoH
carried southwark between 50 and l2o cubic miles
Of water every twenty-four hours. Where came all
he
wegian Gulf stream, which entered the Polar basin
north of Nova Zemba, and from the current
which ran northward through Behrng Strait A
third addition came from America, and especially
sea 1t seemed quite natural tnat these sources
should converge. and to some extent unite 10 form
he Greenland current. The ain body of this cur
rent must. according TO DR.. Nansen be somewhere
in the neighborhood Of the New siberian Islands.
carried A considerable body Of comparatively warm
water northward into the Polar sea. From ms
region the current must naturally run infa north
ory direction 10y the shortest route TO ne outlet
be 20 the north Of Franz Josef Land ana across or
Hs ibeorV was hat vessel one in this current
would be carried 20 the Poe. and NJ was deter
in.ned to maxi the attempt The Fran was pro-
n April 1v.5. he Figaro" Of Paris. circulated
& runor thai Or. Nansen had found tns Norm roe
an hat il : situated on cn cnain o. mo - ~
ws men added thti ne ns8 p.@n,eI r"y ror an II.
ne 'ng. nj. ,o,,. sourd9,ion'
On september Il Of a. year adyces were were received
nsssa.is on he east coasf OF Greenland. mat ship
ssrI.oscl 10 be- DR. Nansen's Fran had been sighted
af''.a End OF Juy stuck fas,.in an ice drlit. 90
Finally on December 6. a. dspaicn rom mrs,
ilsria Norway stated that Dr. Nansen VIE hdd
res4ir45 4 iet,er by carrier pigeon reporting MAJ
the expedition was doing well But the expeai'on
Carri-l 10 carrier pigeons. ., - ,, ,,r.,,
Then all trace of the expedition was Iyst uli,i @
February Of this year. when news rcacivu le oul
side world from Takutsk in Siberia. that Dr Nan
sen had found the pole and was rettIhlHre. ms
irfor,r.fior came from trader named kouchha-
Ie;f Who was one Of the Puryeyors to the eNPeoi-
ton but IL was never NeIlhtu l. ,,t.o, ,or
II will be observed that 10 reason l.. gwen IOt
the failure Of the expedition, but De Nahsen 1!l
10. srrarenflv recognize the fact that Ice pIlltS
witt ff- wind and not with the currents eAC' IN IN
Gains ana that the constant southern now OF tls
East Greenland ice is due TO the n0rth Wlhos ahy
no, f0 "a current having is organ soihe"hI,it i Oh
m cita~i4u coast which current he renewed
trer lea southwark after crossing the p0e. =, go
O, Nav T. 1852. three members o. tne blcely "a
petition reached latitude So degrees ~ miilu'va.
The following are among the most notable Voy-
lges toward the North l'oIe' ca,
ls2T .r4r...l p,fry reached latitude - 40 --,.,
ise7-,aau Rss with 'he Victory Si IN l'e) ied0"eo
y52n FRANKLIN with The Erehus and Terror
is ' x.6e advance reached latitude so.25.
is-,-c.p'ain reiein.ag disnsa, sl''
is7l-.apta- Han Toarsi, - j." - CO IN
is7e-fartau Mares lA;-,t end DiscoFefV ~. ~
is5s-I1c..ens.' De Long Jesnnett~l. lost. '-.i5
si-i.es,,ran, Greely Groteusi s3.
lel-I,pgterant pealy tKiteJ. N524 o
hs2-H,.l.ag ard Kaishmins dNpBe1 lost IN 'o'4'
lS3-Ll-I'enar' rearN Fa4c'nl $50. ,-. .- -,
ls4-Ju,Iacks9n lfaruswoith mot yet heard from a.
r,afr heir ship the NlndWaic. returned 70 bcndJn
las. year after leaving tie explorers On Fianz user
. Land The WirdWard vA re'Irn Tor them TINS yearj'
t"i-Le.ienant Ieafy Df"e).