The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-13

srg mass eoaIa rot have arrived !n this
lczalsfy By tsaVefslnE the polar basin. Bar
~ Waat youts tb.a7 Evidently IL must
have Descended Smiths straits IA thfs
narrow entrance the polar current runs
c1sss - the shores o. Bsfs3n and I.abTa-
dor. carrying everything afioat 70 the
Auersean ard aog % the Greenland SIDE
The ice mass could NOT nave reached Jul
ianehaaI unless II wzx carried by the
great polar current -anich flows 20 toe
south tee length u the eastern side og
Greenland. and K mus, after sounlinR
Cape Farewell have tanned northward
again ~ Davis straits. This cannot be
doubted
PaussnE n1w to understand tho route the
aoatlHg mass soak. We see II mast nave
come by New Siberia to eastern Greenland.
II seenss reasonable 70 suppose that the
fiotsam. having been driven against tha
northwest. could only traverse the les
ocean Of Siberia BY the current which
flows IN this direction. and which. after
having passed 10 the north Of Franz Jo-
sci land and az spiizbeEgan. probably
IN the nelghhorho0G Of ths psls. came
thus 20 ths waters cf eastern Greenland.
ard was carried 70 the south by the polar
current Of this region.
In the actual stass % our hydrogr2ph-
IL knowledge this il without DOUBT the
only plausible itinerary. From the isles
by the route indicated is not greater than
2s0 nautical miles uhe nautical mile con-
taluing s.f@D feeU. This passage OF fi0t-
sam having been Effected IA 1.l10 days u
must have progressed about p miles n
- hours Other eases OF floating masses.
less broken than that OF the debris OF the
Jeanette confirms the theory OF the effiux
OF the Siberian waters against the east
eru shore Of Greenland Oaa. for example
picked up en- this shore a wooden whale
lance like those made by the Ezqulmaux
or Berlng strait. Most Of the floating wood
picked up on the Greenland coast comes
from the northern part of the continent
OF Asia Among twenty-five chips col
iecttd b. the German arctic expedition OF
koldewey. seventeen were known to have
come from Siberia
This is not all The examination Of the
mud collected In lsss ON the shores OF
Greenland revealed the most significant
facts. This mud contained specimens ~
not less than twenty materials. This var
fed composition. Or. Tornelohm, OF Stock
holm. regards rs absolute proof Of an ex-
tended country probably Siberia.
Lastly. In the middle of these deposits.
Dr. cleve discovered curious Giatoms
among tee multitude of chips examined
By him, which were identical with those
collected by the Vega expedition 10 Cape
Eakerema near Berlng straits
All these observations furnish indubita-
bic proofs OF the existence of a great cur
rent which. starting from the fey ocean
Of Siberia. follows the eastern shore of
Greenland and passes into the polar ba-
sin.
Theory corroborates the existence OF
this current To the east OF Southern
Spitzbergen and the extremity OF Franz
Josef land, on the glacial ocean. f.
center OF harometric depression. IN virtue
Of the law Of Buys Ballot the winds In
the northern part 81 this zone Of minim-
um blow from east 20 west and drive the
waters In this direction and against the
polar basin and Greenland. ! assert tina.
tn attain the polar basin We must follow
the current flowing 20 the north. and upon
this / have based two itineraries Of which
this is the first
will start with seven men. one OF whom
Will be an Esquimau. who will look after
the dogs and reindeer \ shin Will accom-
pany rs upon the coast OF siberia In the
enylrons Of the current formed by the dis
charge into the sea Of the River Lena
We viii get rs far north as possible 20 Is
degrees Of north latitude and les degrees
CT 40 degrees OF west longitude We VIII
then leave tho ship. carrying with as a
sufficient quantity OF provisions 70 support
The men Of the expedition. 10 keep alive
the dogs for one year and half. and the
reindeer Tor nearly year
Besides the provisions the baggage Of
the expedition VIII he composed OF:
I A long boat constructed in manner
suitable for "A dwelling and capable az
serving as an eaulpage boat. 20 he OF
aluminium and wood