The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-07
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
FOUND BY AMLINDSEN
TRUE MAGNETIC
POLE IS LOCATED
Norwegian Is First Explorer in
History to Complete North
west Passage.
Special to The Journal.

Seattle, Wash, Dec. captain
Amundsen, commander of the Norwe-
gian arctic exploration expedition. has
arrived at Engle City, Alaska, after
having completed the Northwest pas
sage, the first explorer iH history to
have done So. {. & E
The only details Of his expedition are
sage, which he sent to DR.. Fridtiof
Nansen, the arctic explorer at Chris
tiania: --'
Dec. 5.-To Nansen, Christiania, Nor
way: Gioa is wintering at King Point,
50 degrees, As minutes west. All well.
Left here Aug. 10, at which time
the harbor was free from ice. On Aug.
26 sighted the first vessel, the schooner
tain McKenna, 25 kilometers south Of
Nelson Head, Barring land; passed two
Whalers east of Cape Bathurst, and saw
two whalers, the Alexander and Draw
Head, of San Francisco, Captains Til
ton and Cook, anchored at Cooper
island. Passed the schooner Bonanza of
San Francisco grounded off King Point.
Whalers Ice-Bound.
effect of American whalers over
taken here by rapid progress Of win
Herschel island, six to the east and one
wrecked on the shore. Out of the twelve
only three intended wintering.
Land surveyed in the spring Of 1905
to IL degrees and 10 minutes north
magnetic observation, King William
land. finished June l.
cleft. Herschel Oct. "a with dogsled
and arrived here today. Will be at
Fort Yukon in six days, where mail will
reach me.
-" Wire $500 as soon as possible. How
is the political situation9
:. :. Roland Amundsen.'
Left Norway in 1908.
Captain Amundsen left Norway al
midnight Of June 1, 1908. and his first
stop was at God Haven, Greenland, fol
dogs. The first base station was estab
lished in the vicinity of North Somer
set, in Leopold Harbor, where he made
absolute magnetic observations and op
Grated his self-registering instrument,
for a time. This was in 1904. From
the base station Amundsen made sledg:
trips for magnetic observations.
Carrying out his plans to a nicely
Captain Amundsen located his base sta
tion on King Williams island in tn,
summer Of this year and set up his self
registering instruments. He also 10
Gated the true magnetic pole ION Kins
Williams island, and is believed t,
have found the monument erected b,
Sir John Franklin IS expedition.
His Return Trip.
His return trip will be made by tn
way of Bering strait, and he propose
| to stop at Sitka and make his final, oh
| servations there at the United State
| coast and geodetic survey magnetic oh
| servatory for the determination Of in
! strumental constants. -
| Captain Amundsen is without none,
and today Seattle newspaper cable
him 800 to supply his immediate need:
Importance of Work.
The Importance of Amundsen IS wor
| may be Judged from the fact that CO
lumbus found in 1892 that the needl
| OF the compass in one part Of the Al
lantic pointed to the west of north an
in another part of the Atlantic to tn
east Of north. This variation has bee
noted IN every compass for more tina
has never discovered why. If Amuni
sen has located exactly the north mag
netic pole, the variation in the compass
may be computed from fixed basis an
the work Of navigation and surveyin
be greatly simplifed. ~ ~
Norway Congratulates.
/ Christiania. Dec. THE Norwegia
government is cabling it's felicitatio1
to Captain Roland Amundson, the No
wegian explorer who has arrived at Fo
Egbert, Alaska, after making his wa
thru the northwest passage and wi
found the true magnetic pole on Kir
William island DR.. Fridiof Nanse
believes that the expedition has prove
a great success.
Fort Egbert, from which CAPITA
Eagle City, ITO miles down the Yukt
river, almost due northeast of Dawso
Eagle City is near the boundary line
the Alaska side and Fort Egbert is
small military post accommodating Of
company of soldiers. Here is esta
lished the most hertherly station of t
: signal service. It lies almost direct
under the sixty-fifth degree of north IL
itude. Herschel island, from twhi
) Captain Amundson made his OVERLAP
) journey south to Fort Egbert, lies aero
the continent Jon almost straight Ii
!. drawn from the North Cape Of Norwa
. north Of Greenland, to the terminus
s the boundary between Alaska and Br
!. ish America in the Arctic ocean. TT
!. is new honor for the Norwegian expl,
. ers and the story of this perilous voya
3 will certainly rival in interest the tt
!: which Nansen has told us in his Fart
. est North. -
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