Morris tribune., 1912-11-22
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Captain Sundstedt will be among
the aViators who will participate in
the much advertised international
London-lndia aviation contest.
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In the annals of the Arctic few
things are more worthy of admiration
than the courage with which Nansen
and Johansen set out from the ice
bound Fran to make their famous
dash toward the pole. They estab-
Hshed g. new farthest north record by
reaching the eighty-sixth pN-alIel.
From that point lack of provisions
and the bad condition of the ice made
them turn back After great hard
ships, land was finally reached, and
they spent the long Arctic night un-
der the shelter of cliff in a rude hut
of ice and walrus hides. At Christ
mas they celebrated" in this limited
manner: Johansen turned his shirts,
and put the outside one next the skin.
Nansen did likewise, and washed him
self in a quarter of cup of warm
water. For supper, they added to
their bear meat diet a small portion
of the provisions they were keeping
for the journey south in the spring.
Five months later a narrow channel
opened in the ice and they launched
the two light kaiaks that they had
carried on their sledges for more than
a year. A few days afterward dis
aster nearly put an end to the expedi-
ton. The incident is related In "The
Siege and Conquest of the North
Pole" by Mr.. George Bryce In the
evening their legs felt stiff with sit
ting in the kaiaks all day and they
landed on the edge of the ice, so that
they might stretch them q little. After
the kalaks, which were lashed togeth-
er, had been moored by means of one
OF the braces, they ascended a hum
mock close by and had been standing
there only a moment when Johansen
raised the cry that the kaiaks were
adrift. They ran to the edge of the
ice, but the boats were already g. lit
tie way off and were drifting quickly.
The position was a terrible one, for
all they possessed was on board. Nan
sen at once threw off some of his
clothing, handed his watch to Johan-
Sn&n
He knew that if the boats we're lost
1t meant death to him and his COM
paniOn. At first it seemed more than
| doubtful whether he could manage to
| regain them. When he got tired he
turned over and swan on his back.
At length he gained a little and re-
doubled his exertions. BY this time
| Nansen felt his limbs stiffening and
losing all feeling; his strokes became
more and more feeble, but the dis
tance from the kaiaks became shorter,
and at last he was able to grasp a
snowshoe that lay across the sterns.
He now tried to pull himself up, but
his body was so stiff with cold that he
could not do so. After a little, he
managed to swing one leg up to the
edge Of the sledge that was lashed to
the deck and then raised the rest OF
his body They we're saved With
some difficulty he padded the kaiaks
back to JOhansen, who admitted that
these were the worst moments he had
ever lived through. Johansen now
pulled off Nansen's wet clothes, put
on the few dry ones they had in re
serve, spread the sleeping bag upon
the ice and covered Nansen with the
sail and everything he could find to
keep out the cold The next day Nan.
sen was all right again and in the
evening they pressed forward once
more on the march that finally
brought them out of the Arctic.
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Professor Gisle Bothne of the de
| partment of Scandinavian languages
and literature at the University oil
Minnesota recently announced plans
to raise funds to provide Scandi
navian building on the campus. The
plan has been endorsed by President
George Vincent and by scores o1
prominent university members
throughout the country. Scandinavi
an-American societies have promised
their support and cooperation in rails
ing a fund of $4,000 or $4,000 ant
the building when completed viii
serve as museum for the preserva
tion of historical documents, works o.
art and literature produced by Amer
leans of Scandinavian descent. The
building, which will be the center o
Scandinavian culture in America, will
also provide class and lecture rooms
for the Scandinavian department il
the university and an extensive librar.
and reading room.
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The United States consul at Copen
hagen, Edward Winslow, is enthusi
astic regarding the trade relations be
tween Denmark and the United Statel