Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-04-05

Translated from Lnustration.--
The duke cf Orleans is in receipt OF
congratulations from all quarters OF
the globe upon his recent daring en-
plorationS in the Arctic. That cour
ageouS prince returned on his Yacht
the Belgica, calling first at Belgian
port and then at an English one aftel
an expedition that lasted four months
and was crowned with comrlete sue.
cess. 1t was on the 18th Of Septem-
Der that the duke of Orleans landed
at Ostend.
We are indebted TO the gracious
courtesy of one of the princes assoei.
ates for the series of documents we
publish today They are the work of
the prince and his companions Com,
mandant de Gerlache, Dr. Recamier
and the celebrated draughtsman ana
sculptor, Nj. Merit. The prince took
full notes during the voyage and col.
lected vast quantity OF materials for
detailed account Of his expedition,
which he will soon give to the public.
Our readers will enjoy foretaste OF
that interesting work in the following
excerpts from the diary of the prince
himself:
We left Tromsoe on the third OF
June The following day we lost sight
of the Norwegian coast. Almost i'm.
medtately we were assailed by a vic,
lent headwind blowing from the north.
and 1t was not until four days later
that we began to make cut the west
coast of Spitzbergen. During the
months we spent on that coast we
We're hampered by thick weather.
During a terrific storm we had the
good fortune to pick up, the crew OF
the SWanem, which had just been
wrecked. After handing over the
shipwrecked mariners to a party OF
hshermen returning to Norway, we
shaped our course toward the ice foes.
We fell in with them on the eighth OF
July and let ourselves drift northward
with them so as TO get as near the
pole as possible; but the next day
having reached a latitude of so de-
grees and 20 minutes and a Longitude
Of degrees and 40 minutes, we IN.
countered an fmpeneuable barrier
We turned back and keeping close 70
the ice did our best to get around It
IN such way as TO reach Greenland.
Almost all the way we were enveloped
In thick fog and We nayigated our
ship by cropping, so to speak. All this
while the sun was shrouded i'm a thick
veil of mist. 1t was under such condi-
tons as these that we, nevertheless,
succeeded in making two soundngs
every day and iotting the results II
them down on the map, and also in
carrying out an elaborate series 81
oceanographic and geological obserya-
tions.
ION the twentieth Of July, having
reached a latitude of rs degrees and
6 minutes and longitude OF 20 de.
grees west, we at last found the yul-
nerable spot in the ice. we then
shaped our course toward the west
From this moment on ana during an
entire month We worked our vessel
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were often very compact, leaving De,
mind us a trail $50 miles long Al