The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-15
EIGHT-PAGE EDITION.

experienced. she wa. thsa aruilv ssosen
= sea y more than thsrty feet Of rYaeaSa--
ed thickness. Tnls Zee was ovsrrsassea hv
gTeas ice masses. walch were pressed
against TIE port side with irresistible sorce
aae threatened - bury * not ~ crush her.
Aae necessary provisions. with the can
Vas AaSsAs sn4 other equipments. haI
been placed "a safety upon tire tee Every
man was ready 10 ieaye. the Shsa IL neces-
sary ana wSS prepared 20 coatsnue with
tae dEs1f. LIVING on the Zoe. bat tAe Fran,
proved even stronger thsa cur sruss Ia
Der. When the pressure rose 10 the high
est AM the ice was piled up Aigs above
thc a0iSsrks. she was broken loose and
sscwiS lifted ont cf her hu~s IN whs>h sh.
bad been fvazer. Na1 the slightest sign
of srlst was 10 he discovered anywhere in
her. After that experience I considered
the 9ram almost equal 20 anything in fAs
way Of pressure. After that we expert
enced rothing more os the kiaa, hnt oar
drift was rapsdly continued north and
noTshweStward
Nan~en Leaves the Shfp.
as 7 now With certainty ant{cfra.ed
that he Fran would soon reach ner higA-
est latitude north OF franz Josef lard. and
that she would not easily fall 70 carry oae
the programnle 81 TIE expedition. via. 70
cross The unknown posar basin. deozSet
20 .cave tho ship In order 20 explore tho
sra north ~ her route. Lieut.. Joaan&en
Xolutc~rcsi 20 foin ne. and | eoaA.d nne,
easily have found a better companion IN
every respect. Tho sraderxh4p ag the ex-
Hedittcn on board The Fran left 70 Capt.
SNcrdrpp. WITH fan trust in his ausstdca-
lions as a ieader and his ability "a ever
come difficulties I have 10 fear that he
viii bring az sh~ men safely back. ever
II the worst should happen and the Fran
be lost. which consider irnprobaeae. Ovs
March we reached 81 degrees minutes
north.
"JohanSen and left ehe FRAN on March
IA. 1895. at 3 degrees - minutes north and
l9s de~rees Il minutes eass. Our parKscsa
was 10 explore the sese 20 tho north ana
reach the highest latitude possible. anf
then 40 10 SnitHberxen via Frarz Josea
hand. where we felt certain to find n ship.
We had fwen;y-eiEhS dcgs. two siexkex
and two kayaks for possible open waters
The dog food was calculated for thirtyT
days and our provisions for feo days. We
found the ice In the beginning fuierahly
sod travelling and made good ctstanccs
and the fee did not appear 10 he drifting
much. ON March = We were at IS degrees
10 minutes north. Although the dogs wer1
less enduring than we had hoped. stilG
they were toserahly good. The ice row
became rongher and the drift contrary.
On March Is we bad reached only S de-
grces 81 minutes north. and on March ~
" degrees 80 minutes.
Hard Travelling ON tho Toe.
I'VE were now evidently drifting FAST
toward the south. Our progress was very
slow. Il was fatiguing 10 work our NAN
and carry our sledges over the high hum-
Tnoeks constantly being butt up by foes
grinding against each other. The ice was
in strong movement. and the ice pressure
was heard in all direciionA On April wa
were at IS degrees so minutes north. con-
stantly hoping 20 meet smoother Ice. On
April 4 we reached Sc degrees 3 minate4
north. burt the Eco became rouaher. anslr
on April II got 80 bad that constere0
Il unwise 70 continue our march in ~
northeriy direction.
1--WE were then at - degrees IL rnfnuseA
north. We then made an excursion on
skis further norfhward in order to examine
"a TO the possibility OF a further advance.
But We could see nothing but Ice OF tho
same description. hummock and hummccks
TO the horizon. locking lake sea OF frozen
breakers We had had low temperatures
During three weeks II was IN tho neighesr.
hood OF 20 degrees below xero. bat soon
sank again 20 IS. When . wind was blow>
ing IN thls temperature we did not feel
comfortable In our too thin woolnn cloth-
inE. To save weight @e had LEFT our FUR
suits on board tho ship. Tho minimum
temperature IN March was ~ and ths
maximum was "a. In April tha minimum
was SO and th. maximum 70 degrees.
I'VE saw no sign OF land In any direcs
tiou In fact The fioe seemed to move so
freely before the wind that therc could not
have been anything In the way OF land TO
stop Il for a long distance. on. We were
travelling rapidiy northward.
The Return TO Franz Josef Land.
"on April we began our march toward
Franz Josef land. and on April u our
watches ran down. owing TO the unusual
length OF the day. After that date We were
uncertain as to our Longitude, but hoped
that our dead reckoning was fairly eer-
rect. AZ We came south we met many
cracks. which greatly retarded our ptog-
ress. The provisions were rapidly decreRss
ing The dogs were killed one after tha
other 20 feed the rest.
''ln June the cracks became very bais
and the snow was ia exceedingly bad con-
dition for travelling. The dogs ard the ski
ana sie5Re runners broke through this
crust ana sank deep In the wet snow. Only
a few dogs we're now left. and progress
was next 80 impossible. But unfortu-
nHteiy we had no Ena OF retreat-
The dogs ratious. as wnli as our own.
were reduced TO a minimum, and we made
the best way We could ahead. We expesct~
"a daily 20 find land In sight. but We
locked in vain ON May 81 wu were In 81
degrees 4 minutes north. and on June
in 80 degrees IS minutes north. but on June
Is we had been drifted 20 The northwest
to 50 degrees gg minutes north No aan1
was 10 ne seer, although. according 10
PAYERS map, we had expected 20 Fneft
with pefermann land at - degrees north.
These dlscfepancies became more ant
more puzziiDg as time went on
ION june = we had At last shot beard
cd seal TIE snow became constantly
worse. ard we determined 20 walt. We
now had a supply OF seal meat una Ir
melted away. We also shot three bears.
We had only Two dogs left. W hsch wers
now weil fed upon meat
s.On July . we continued our journey
over foserab1Y good snow. On July D.
when about &C degrees north we aightea
unicrfown lard az last, but the lee was
everyw here broken into small foes. tho
water being filed with crushed Ice. in
which the u~e of the kayaks ssa irnEsnssi-
bic we therefore had to make our way
by balancing from one lee piece to an
other. and we did not reach land unsi
August e. al 81 n north and about q de-
arets east longitude. This proved 10 b
entirely ice-capped islands.
hansen Takes 20 tho Boats.
'sIn tho kayaks we made our way west-
ward In open water along thess Islands,
and on August = we discovered land sx-
tending from southeast 10 northwest
The country became more and rn0rs pnz-.
zsinx. az I could ind % agrseEnent with
Payers map then thought se were
ln longitude east ~ Austria sosin1. bat r
4hfa yeas correct we pere now travelling
straight across Wizsock land and Dove
glacier without seeing any land near us.
winter fn stone Hut
"ou August o. we reached a spot ia sisis
north ard - east. evidently well suited -
-.,f~s.vsr~ ara a. u was raw ff9 late fer