Evening journal., 1896-08-14

tn0 pole IN the Ice was lmpracticaDl6. lie
was also convinced that Nansen would re-
turn In the direction of Franz Josef Land.
wintered In Franz Josef Land
VARDoE, Norway, Aug. 14.-Dr Nansen
left the Fran March Ia, 1895, in "a degrees
north latitude He traversed the polar
sea to point so degrees IA MINUTES
north latitude, situated north Of the New
Siberia islands No land was sighted
north OF 81 degrees of latitude or thence to
Franz Josef Land. where he passed the
winter, subsisting on BEARS flesh and
whalo blubbep. DF. Nansen and bis com
paBion are in the best of health The
Bram Is expected at Vardoe or Bergen
shortly. She stood the Ice well. There
were 20 sick persons. aboard when Nansen
left there.
DR. Fridtiof Nansen the Norwegian
scientist. now about SO years old, sailed
from Christinnia on June "a, 1893 Oh a
voyage OF discovery to the arctic regions
and with the intention Of reaching the
north pole il possible He embarked on
ileard a tbref masted schooner named the
FRAN. which , provided with a le0
horsepower stea4 engine, She was OF 500
tens and her sIdoa were so constructed as
TO force all lce Ineetlng the vessel to pass
UB0tL IL lA4o IfbNtMtAHA nlA llutuAuA
ana screWinG The brain was lRupch-
ed at IaurWik near ChristianIn on Oct
26, 1909, and tho Norwegian parliament
gave Dr. Nansen about s52, 900 IN aid Of
his expedition. Additional funds were
fOrthQcming hY private subscriptions, in
eludinR en6-of over So, 600 from King Os-
car.
Equipment of the Fran.
Yho Ernla was in evory way admirably
equipped and had Grew Of ls men, all Of
when occupied ths cabiH, which measured
eINy 8 feet square and which was heated
~ means o4 an Bnglish petroleum stove
which consumed three litres OF petroleum
a day The Fran hal enough fuel on
beard to last eight or nine years and she
also had a library consisting OF about / ,00C
books.
DR.. NAnssn's plan was tomake for the
SS0w Siberian Islands and thence sail di
rsotly north until the Fran should be i'm
beoded in the ice, He then proposed {,
drift along with the ice, following tn,
wess coast OF any land that might he met
A dispatch was received from the doctor
at Nardoe on Aug. s8, 1898. written In th,
Yugorski straits on the I'd Of that month
announcing that the expedition was about
TO sail into the Kara sea and that the
Fran so far had behaved splondiGly.
DR.. Nansen entered the University o.
Christiania in 1850, and In 1872 went a,
a passenger on tho sailing steamer Viking
To Denmark straits and the cast coast o
Greenland 1t is believed that this yoyag,
laid the foundation for the ambition o
his life-namely, that OF discovering tn,
north pole on his return from Greenlant
ho was appointed curator of the museum
at Bergen and held that position unit
1883. when he led a small expedition {,
/ Greenland and crossed the southern por
hon Of that country from the east coast {,
Godhond on the wost coast, where the par
ty wintered, and returned 20 Norway II
June, 1852
In September, 1889, DR. Nansen mar
ried Miss Eva Sars, youngest daughter o
the late professor Of zoology at the Uni
versity Of Christiania. Mrs. Manson ha
all along had supreme faith in the event
ual return Of her husband. She has pow
erful musical voice, was professional
4 singer before her marriage and has sine
appeared before the public on various oo
oasions DR. and Mrs. Nansen have on
child, daughter.
Since DR.. .Nansen's departure for tn
Il arctic regions there have been a numbe
of reports circulated regarding LIS safety
4 but they hay All, up to the present, turn
cd out TO be without foundation
The Windward of the jackson. Earns
/ worth expedition, which brought DIR
Nansen to that island, left Vardoe 70
3 franz Josef Land In order to bring bacl
& the British expedition on Juno 26 last
An Interview with Nansen.
In an interview with DR.. Nansen pre-
vious to his departure, tho explorer wa
quoted as saving:
Having considered former expeditions
their outfits and their routes, have mad
up my mind to build little ship, max
her as strong as possible and just larg
enough TO carry provisions for 12 men 70
five years. When 1 arrive at the New
4 Siberian islands, / will examine tho cur
rents and ice conditions and then selec
the best moment for start for tho farthe
north through ice FREQ water, which.
think, will be IN August or In the com
mencement Of September. De Lon