Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-16
WHERE is ANDREEs

pended on, there is no reason why
Andree and his fellow travellers should
not be safe and sound in winter quar-
tiers somewhere in the Arctic regions.
In a telegram from New York to the
Times Herald it is stated that Eu-
ropean scientific journals announce
that the astronomers and meteorolog-
ical experts of several government OBJ
servatories have received full meteor
illogical reports for the month of July.
when Andree left Danes island; they
have calculated the direction and the
velocity of the wind in the Polar re-
gions during that month, and the CON
cusion arrived at is, that the dar-
ing explorers, barring accidents, must
have passed the Pole in less than six
days from the time of their departure.
and that thereafter they must have
Land.
As to the capability of the balloon
NJ. Lachambre states that it could
float for fifteen days. He believes that
a journey over the ice in the summer
time would have been exceedingly
difficult in the small boat attached to
the balloon, and that the explorers con-
sequently would stay in some con-
venlent place until later in the fall. If
they remain in winter quarters for
scientific observations, they will not
be heard from until next fall.
The reason why no carrier pigeons
have returned is discussed by the
Austrian explorer DIR. Won Payer. He
says 1t is safe to state that the pigeons,
unused to Polar conditions, have re-
fused to leave the balloon. They may
have made an attempt but they have
returned. During extreme cold wealth
err the birds soon become exhausted.
The revival of interest in Andree's
exploration has resulted in thousands
of letters of inquiry as to the amount
of provisions carried by the travellers.
King Oscar has therefore requested
DIR. Beauvais of Copenhagen. who sup
piled the provisions, to state the exact
amount OF food furnished. DR.. Beau
vais reports that Andree had ample
provisions for nine months, and that
this quantity, If used judiciously to-
gether with what can be procured by
the explorers themselves, would last
for two years. His report is as follows:
1.-The Andree expedition has pro-
visions for nine months. All the boxes
in which the conserved food is kept
were made of copper, as iron would
have had disastrous effect on the
magnetic instruments carried by the
expedition. To occupy as little space
as possible they We're made square in
stead of round. The food consists OF
every kind of steaks, sausages. hams
fish, chickens, game. vegetables and
fruit. If these provisions have beer
saved, together with the food which
the explorers can procure through fish.
Ing and hunting, they have sufficient
provisions to last them two years.
THE expedition is also furnished
with new kind of lo2enEes of con
centrnted lemon juice. This is the frs
time these have been used by polar ex
petitions, and 1t Is expected they will
absolutely prevent every attack o
scrofula.
Finally, the expedition is provide,
with twenty-five kilo of thin chocolat
cakes, mixed with pulvorized penmi
can To preserve this food agains
dampness 1t Is packed in pergameut
covered with stannine. q brittle meta
composed Of tin, sulphur and conner
and inclosed In air-tlght boxes. Nan
sens expedition was also provide
with this food, and it was found to h
both ,nourlshing and pleasant to tn
taste"
II is believed by those who sti
have faith that he has not per
ished. that Andree viii be hear
from by way of Siberia first, an
the czar has issued ukase to the 81
berian government officials chargn
them to be on the lookout. and Offer
ing a handsome reward for the hrs
authentic news Of the explorers. III
announcement that thoy must hay
reached Franz josef Land aft,
n successful aerenl voyage acroy
the Arctic ocean, in the al
sence Of all communications wit
the distant region may sound as pun
Euesswork, but mnny deductions
science when founded on observation
have been verified to the lette
Leverrler knew that there was plan,
in space not before observed by an
astronomer and located 1t with uner
Ing exactness. Hellum was announce
To exist from purely a priori reas3i
ing. The science of physics has post,
lated an absolute zero, 273 degre,
Celsius, at which all molecular az
chemical action ceases and at viii,
electrical resistance disappears. al