Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-15
1BLEGRAPHIC.
1R, NANSEN'S STORY
Il Told by Tho Explorer in Tho
London Chronicle.
,rIEyrlrIc RESULTS OBTAINED.
81. FRAN an Admirable Nsi,l-lh1
a,eiior with Ja,k'on-tommodore
M,lylils's opinion.

toypoN, Aug. i5.-The story In de-.
All py tho explorer himself Of Dr..
r,lbio; Nansun'o Arctic expedition
'n1 the adventures OF his party, 10.
.,,bef with tho scientific results Oh.
AIMED, hfsi OF which 10 hin suceeie IN
,.se,rating to tho highcst latitude
tuhef,o trod by the foot Of mau, uamt.
!, sj degrees ~ minutes norm, orc
,,v,p 10 the world by the Chronicle
iLis morning.
Dr. Nansen says In tho Chronicle:
nrhe FRAN loft Jugor strait August 4.
isoa We had to force our way
bf5ugh much Ice along the Eib5Iih
ssa,t. We discovered un island iu the
Ken fea and great number of b..
'.ois along the coast 10 Caps Chal.
n.str. Ia sevAral places We found
,yiirnce- Of glacial epoch, dufiuy
which Northern Siberia must have
teen covered by inland Ice 10 a great
extent.
m.uth Of Oicuux RIVER, but We thought
uWaH too late 10 10 IN thuTo 20 fetch
ouf dogf. We paesed the New EibC.
flsn Islands September .2nd. We
made tact 10 a doe IN latitude IS deg. 90
min. north hnu IN longitude 1888 utg.
III min. west. We thcn allowed tue
,nip TO be clo6od IN By ice.
as anticipated, We were gradually
dhiltd Forth and nofthvottwari uuf.
lag tue autumn anu winter from the
constantly exposed anu violent pfets.
uief, bnt she tthe Franz surpassed our
tIUtctati0nr, being superior o. any
Ifalu. The temperature fell rapidly
and was constantly low, with little
variation for thr whole winter. Duglng
Geegs tho mercury was ira2eu. Tue
l0wesi temperature was o. uoF. below
tsro. Every man on board was iu
perfect health uuflug lhr whole
voyage. The elecluc light generated
Ly a windmill fulfilled our expuctA-
Mons. The most friendly fooung CX'
i,itd anu timO passed. pleasantly.
Every one made pleasure biz duty,
AMI better lot Of men could hardly
b. found.
"The stn was up to 90 iathoms decr
s0uth Of ~ deg. north, where the depth
iuIdUuiy increased ana was from 900
10 900 lathoms north Of that latitude,
This will necessarily upset all pfovigu.
theories based ON shallow polar basin.
The sra bottom was remarkably ue.
void ~ organic matter. During the
whole driil 1 had good opportunity To
AbeA series OF scientific observations,
mutcorolog lcal, mnguetir, astronoml'
tAl anu biological soundingu, deep aoa
WnpcfaluTur, examinations Tor tn,
ninity 81 tho sen wafer. etc, Under
iho stratum Of cold lce-WateT covering
the tufiAcu OF the polar basin, | souu
Uncovered warmer aud more saline
water, Gue ~ too Gull stream, with
temperatures from 81 deg. 20 80 deg.
1--WE saw no lauu nuu no open water
t1eep, narrow cTaoRs IN every unuc
ton. A. anticipated our dTilt north,
Westward Wua most rapid during the
vlulct and epfiug, whilo the nOTlherly
Winds stopped or diiiiOu US backward
curing the summer. On June IS, 1894
We were IN 81 deg. % miu. north, uul
We dfiited then southwark only. o.
Og,1hgr 2lat We passed. So deg. north
% Chuslmas eve, 1894, latitude 50 deg
ugith was reached, AMI = TOW days lat
ltFs3ueg. - min, the faTlhe,t noltt
hltituin Previously reached by man.
"On January lrh anu OH tuu Fam
vas exposed 10 tue most violent iol
pressure We experienced. She Wa
then nlmly frozen IN leo Of more thai
thirty iCet OF mtaautUd thiukutHs
Thls Zoe was OvefFldlon by great ir
mltita which weT0 pressed nghinH
The porJ side with Irresistible force
hnd threatened 10 bury " MOI 10 crust
heL Tho ntoetBnty provisions viii
tho canvas Rnyaoks anu other tquip
msnts had been placed Ia safety up,l
tho ice. Every man was ready {