The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-07
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The Stella Poiare Expedition Makes q.
New Earliest Mo-, til.
ne DUKE OF ABRUZ N'S TRIP.
ne Len chris,iana Jnne Ietb. 1890,
+ II the steam Brisa,.line Stella
poiarc supplied With Com
plc,e Equipment.
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CHRrSTiAS.a, Sep.smbe telegram
from Tromsoc. Norway. in reporting the
return of the Stella Poiare, with the Duke
OF Ahruzzi's arctic expedition on board.
says the Stella Poiare reached a point in
latitude S6.::s north, thus penetrating fur
ther north than Or. Nansen, s record.
The Stella I.oia-e remained fast in the
Ace Tor eleven months. The pressure stove
IN her sides. making a hole fifteen inches
In breadth. Her machinery was also
damaged.
The members OF tho expedition suffered
many hardships, and were compelled TO
cat sledge dogs. n Norwegian engineer
and twn Italians, members OF the eSpe-
ditfon. persisted.
DR.. Eansen. who returned from his eXpe-
dition To the Arctic region, August, 1872
reported that he left his vessel the Fran,
March l4til, 1885, in 81 degrees north ia1l-
fude.s and traversed the Polar sea 10 a.
s,oint Sc degrees fourteen minutes north.
situated north OF the New Siberian region
This was point four degrees tariheI
north than any previous explorer mac
reached.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENT.
Prince Lsais;amdeo, Of Sayoy-Aosta, Duke
Of Abrus.z; left Garistiana June u, 1S99
/ an the steam brigantine Stella Polafe,
formerly the Jason, laden with $50 tons
of coal and 80 tons of provisions. ETC.
including 1.509 packages each containing
2, Kilograms of matter and formed in such
q way as to be easily carried on the arm
or shoulder OF a single person. These were
divided into four categories. food CLOTH
ing and equipments, scientific instruments
and useful but not indispensable articles
The members OF the expedition, in ad-
sditiof, to the Duke himself, were the
- ,fofv IN = aa
Royal Italian navy: Count Quirini, a naval
lieutenant: DR. Cavalli- olinalli, two able
s bodied seanen of the Italian navy, Giaco-
mo Cardenti and Smone Camepasi. four
mountain guides, Giuseppe Petigaux. A1esse
iFsennoliiet. Felico Olliere and Michele
Saspye: ten Norwegian sailors and one
Esuulmaux for the management of the
dogs of which there We're 40. The latter
were fed on pefnmican. made of horse
meat and flour
All the members of the expedition were
supplied with an Esquimaux equipment for
the Polar seas. and the collection Of scien-
tifc instruments and apparatus was quite
large.
THE PLAN.
The Dukes plan to reach the North
Pole was exactly opposed to that adopted
by Nansen. The latter attempted to ap-
proach the Pole by the longest route and
with his ship, either by the open sea or
letting himself drift IN the ice, trusting to
the strength of the Fran to Withstand the
tremendous strain. The Duke of AbruzZl
planned make only limited use of the
Stella Polare, and to push on in as straight
a line as possible over the ice with sleds
after leaving the ship. The Stella Polare
carried. twenty sleds, each weighing As IL
Eo,rrsds. and every Sled was TO carry eight
boxes packed with stores and
IL r. canoe. The runners of the sled We're
gaiod with Britannia metal and had pro-
tective removal wooden soles. Forty pairs
OF skates and forty pairs of snoeDc;hoes
were also carried by the expedition, which
had provision for five years.
The Duke of Abruzzi is a son OF Amedo,
the late King Hu,nbert's brother, who was
once King of Spain. The Duke was born
in Madrid while his father still reisned
there.