Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17

sitton of the magnet will be determined as
soon as his observations can be figured out
Evidently, the change from the position
marked by Ross has been very slight
capt Amundsen, with his crew of seven
men, sailed from Chrstiania June II looe
he mas not only brought his ship through
the passage that had never been completely
traVersed before but he and his men ar.
rived in the Arctic without casualty or an,,
serious illness '
The route sailed was from Christiania to
6alhn bay, and then through Lancaster
Sound, Barrow Strait, Peel Sound. James
Ross Strait Rae Strait, Simpson Strait.
lease strait Coronation Gulf and Dolphin
ana Union Straits to King Point where
the explorers obtained communication with
San Francisco
Between King William Land and Victoria
Land says Capt. Amundsen. the passage 10
very shallow and narrow. There are more
than hundred islands there. and at times
the soundlngs was as shallow as three
iathoms. These islands were seen and
mentioned by Rae, and Capt Amundsen
says II Is now definitely proved that they
are land
Wintering at Herschel's Island.
The Gjoa is wintering under the lee Of
Herschel Island. and as soon as the f..
breaks away in the spring she will sail
through Behring Sea to San Francisco,
From the latter place she will proceed by
way OF Cape Horn to her home in Norway
thus accomplishing for the first time tho
complete RECOMMENDATION of the American
continent.
Capt Amundsen credits his success main-
ly to the discipline and the harmonious
endeavors of his crew. but he cannot con-
ceal the extreme satisfaction with which
he realizes that he is the first navigator
to succeed in an undertaking IN which
many of the greatest mariners of the world
have failed.
After communication with his government
a fitnSr IL
he will return over the route by which he
came and wait with his fellow voyagers
of the Gjoa for the Ice to break up and
permit him to sail for San Francisco.
Capt. Amundsen made inquiries among
the Eskimos wherever he went for tidings
OF the lost explorer, Andrae, but was un-
able to obtain any information about him.
Some of the natives had never seen a white
man before.
Capt Amundsen states that the coolest
weather he experienced was In March Of
1904, when the mercury registered 80 de-
grees below zero.
North Pole Properly Located.
Danish naval officer, who is unnamed
In dispatch from Eagle City, but who ia
believed to be Lieut. Hansen, made astro-
nomical observations within ninety miles
of the magnetic pole on Boothia island
(as ascertained by Ross and believes he
passed over the magnetic pole, but the
movements of the needle made the result
uncertain. Other deductions wereS possible
from the observation, he says.
2 The officer Is quoted as saying that for.
mer navigators had properly located the
pole.
The graves of three men who accom-
panied Franklin's expedition were visited.
They are marked with tombstones.
The declination Of the needle at the
mouth of -.ackenZie river was ascertained
to be forty-five degrees east
IN addition to a cablegram on which the
hoe
mail report to Nansen which was inclosed
In brass cylinder and the top soldered.
1t weighed twenty-one pounds.
Capt. Amundsen has invited Dr. An
thony Varicie, who will head the Yukon.
Polar expedition for the north pole, to &C.
company him back to Herschel.
Two Women in Marooned Party.
In reference to the Whalers who were
frozen in last fall, Capt. Mogg of the
whaler Bonanza, who accompanied Capt
Amundsen to Eagle. reports that the ma
rooned colony numbers -. This includes
two women, wives Of officers.
The supply of food is ample for two
years.
A physician is with the party and the
few medicines needed will be sent back
by Capt. Amundsen.
Capt. Mogg says two women and five
men left In two boats for Nome in tho
early fall. They expected to go to Point
Barrow, thence to Nome.
The Bonanza was caught in the ice and
was beached. She was caught again and
was wrecked The supplies were saved
ana the whalebone transferred to another
ship. Caribou. mountain sheep and musk
OK helped to vary The diet.
Capt. Mogg says the seven whalers 200
miles east of Herschel Island intended win-
tering there. They are in good shape ana
have plenty of supplies to last for two
years. Thirty-five members OF the crew
of the Bonanza joined the other whalers.
Capts Amundsen and Mogg left Her.
schel Island October p, with two Eskimos
and two dog teams. They followed long
stretch of tundra and crossed the high
Right range, made their way down the
Turner river to Coler river, thence to the
Porc,upine. to the Yukon, and up that river
to Eagle City. The distance is approMs
matly 800 miles. through an almost uneDs
pIored region.