The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-13

Island, and a third lying in the centera
which was named August Scherl, AFTER
the promoter of the expedition. ThlS is
at variance with the account of Arnold
Pike, who, it will be remembered, main-
tanned that there is but one island IN
addition to Swedish foreland, Whleh
last is not usually included under the
name of Kong Karls Land. In spite OF
much ice and unfavorable weather. q
passage was forced by the Heligoland
round the eastern coast OF the lSlanuSpl
and a latitude of 81 degrees 81 minutes
reached, via the east. coast OF North-
east Land, the pack ice then preventing
further advance. Successful dredging
operations were carried out to the north
and east in depths of over 500 fathoms.
In August. Scherl Island, the breeding
grounds of the ivory gull, were met
with.
Swedish Andres Search Expedition.
Quoting from the Aftonbladet OF
Stockholm, the Movement Geographic
ique august 21) announced the arrivaH
of M Stadling, leader of the Andres
search expedition, at the mouth Of the
Lena. The expedition had visited the
New Siberian Islands, as also the
neighborhood of the Anabara and Indt-l
girka rivers, without finding trace on
the missing explorer. M. Stadllng was
about to proceed to the Taimyr Pens
insula, en- route for the Yenesei. The
same paper also announced that the
Norwegian navigator, M. Braekmoeg
had undertaken a journey to the New
Siberian Islands in order to find OUT
whether the provisions left by Baron
Won Toll remain intact, but from res
cent telegram it would seem that het
has returned without accomplishing
his object.
Lieutenant Peary's Expedition.
The steamer Hope, which took coar
and other supplies nOrthWard for Lieu-l
tenant Pearys expedition, returned
from Greenland at the end of Augusta
having parted from the Windward att
Port Foulke, at the entrance to Smith,
Sound. Lieutenant Peary, writing toy
US from Etah, August Is, states that
the season as far north as Cape Sabin8
is late one; he was just starting for
the attack on Kane Basin and the
channel above So far his plans had
progressed favorably He had on
board ten picked Eskimo Give couples)s
about sixty dogs, and the carcasses oG
sixty walrus.
Polar Exploration With Ice Breakers.
At a recent meeting Of the Russiam
Geographical Society Admiral Makaroff
submitted a proposal of reaching the
pole by means of powerful ice-breakerS@
Steamers specially built for breaking
the ice were first resorted to in RUSSIA
breaking the ice at Kronstadt. Lately
ice breakers have been very much inns
proved in the United States, where the
happy idea of providing steamers OF
that sort with twin screws at the stern.
and a third screw at the stem, has
proved to considerably increase their
breaking powers. More recently powerS
full ice breakers have been constructed
in the States and in England by Arm
strong for Russia, for transporting the
trains of the Siberian railway across
Lake Baikal, and for keeping the port
of Vladivostok clear of ice. Experi-
ments were made with such steamers
and altogether the theory of ice2
breakers was worked out. 1t appears
that on the American lakes the ice-
breaker Ste. Marie, 5000 horsepower,
armed with a screw at the stem, easily
makes her way through ice two and q
half feet thick, and pierces, when
necessary, ice walls fifteen to twenty
feet high; and Russian engineers have
calculated that, in order to sail through
quite sound ice, twelve feet thick an
ice breaker of $4,000 horsepower would
be required.
Mr.. Borchgrevinck's Expedition.
Mr.. Borchgrevinck's Antartic expedi1
ton sailed on August % on the South|
ern Cross, and its safe arrival at Ste
Vincent has since been announced.