I . II I 1' 1 NANSEN ll llll POLE? His Dog Furnisher Declares the Nor- wegian Has Succeeded. LAND FOUN D IN THE NORTH. The Doctor Is Said to Be Now on Bill “’ay Back to Civilization—His The- ‘ ories, the Expedition’s Start and the News From It Since. ST. PETERSBUR RG, Feb. 14. —-A telegragh io dispatch received here today from kutsk, Siberia, says that a Siberian tradeI named Kouchnerefi', who is the agent 0: Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian ex plorer who sailed in the Flam June 24. 1893, for the arctic regions. has receivec' information to the effect that Dr. Nanser has reached the north pole, has found lanc‘ there and is now returning toward civiliza. tion. In April last The Figaro of Paris circu- lated a rumor that Dr. Nansen had found the north pole, and that it is situated on 5 chain of mountains. It was then added that he had planted the Norwegian flag there. The story was generally regarded as being without foundation. On Sept. 17 of last year advices were re. ceived in London from the Danish trading station of Angmagsalik, on the east coast DR. N ANSEN. of Greenland, that a ship supposed to be Dr. Nan‘sen’s Fram had been sighted at the end of July stuck fast in an ice drift. Finally, on Dec. 6, a dispatch from Chris- tiania, Norway, stated that Dr. Nansen’s wife had received a letter by carrier pigeon reporting that the expedition was doing well. As no carrier pigeons were taken north by the Nansen party this report was evi- . dently inaccurate, but it was published for what it was worth. Dr. Fridtjof Nansen is a distinguished scientist of Norway and an enthusiastic believer in the possibility of finding the north pole. He is about 35 years of age. He entered the University of- Christiania in 1880 and two years later went on a sealing trip to Denmark straits, on the east coast of Greenland, in the Viking. Later, in 1882, Nansen was appointed curator of the museum at Bergen, which position he retained until 1888, when he. led a small expedition of six men to Green- land, crossing the southern part of that portion of the globe. It was probably during this trip that Nansen conceived the plan of making an attempt to reach the north pole in a vessel constructed especially for such an under- taking. In any case, after his return to Norway Nansen took the preliminary steps toward fitting out his expedition, and the Fram was planned and constructed. The Queer Fram. She is generally classed as a three mast- ed sailing schooner, but she had a 160 horsepower steam engine in addition to her sails. Her displacement was 800 tons and her sides were so constructed as ,to force all ice meeting the vessel to pass underneath her, thus preventing “pinch- ing” and “screwing.” The Norwegian parliament allowed Nansen about $52,000 to fit out his craft, and in addition he was assisted in his work by many private subscriptions, in- cluding one of $5, 000 from King Oscar. The Fram’fl’as launched Oct. 26, 1892, at Laurwik, near Christiania. A Norwegian paper, describing the fit- ting out of the Fram, said: “Bread is the principal nourishment of Nansen and his people. The bread is a kind of biscuit, large and round, white and very compact. The ration of each man is to consist of four biscuits a day. This at least was given out when the ex- pedition left Norway. “Silk is used as the most suitable ma- terial for tents, as it shuts out the cold better than anything else. “The cabin of Nansen’s ship, the Fram (meaning ‘forward’ ), is heated by means of an English petroleum stove, which con- THE FRAM. sumes three liters (f petroleum per day. As the explorer has taken along with him a sufiicient supply cf this fuel to last him eight or nine years there will be no lack of heating material. “The library of the expedition consists of 1, 000 books, half of which are scientific works and the other half novels, poetry, etc. “The crew numbers 12 men, and all oc- cupy the cabin, which measures only 13 feet square. There they dwell, eat and work. The suits they wear cannot be penetrated by water.” The expedition sailed from Christiania June 24, 1893, the plan being to make for the New Siberian islands and thence head north until the Fram, by. being imbedded in the ice, would be compelled to drift along the West coast of any land which might be found. On Aug. 23, 1895, Dr. Nansen sent a dispatch from Vardo, reporting that on the second of that month he was about to sail into the Kara sea, and that the Fram .had behaved splendidly up to that stage of the journe , especially in forcing4 her ' way through the ice. .A Mysterious Balloon. .A London dispatch dated March 4 of last year announced that a letter, dated IKjollefjord, Feb. 24, had reached Ham- merfest, Norway, announcing that a tel- egraph inspector at a station in the moun- — Advertise in the “Gazette”. tains be. tween Lebescy and Langfjord had seen a balloon moving in a southerly di- rection and believed that it was possibly carrying dispatches from Dr. Nansen, but no further news of the balloon or Dr. Nan- v ‘ ~~« sen has apparently been received, and by , ”many people competent to discuss the sub- ject he a1... his expedition have been given up as lost. Dr. Nansen’s companions were Captain Otto Sverdrup, ship’s master: Sigurd Scott Hansen, lieutenant in the Norwegian navy and director of. the astronomical, meteorological and magnetic observations; Hendrik Blessing, surgeon and botanist; Theodore C. Jacobson, mate; Peder Hen- driksen, herpooner; Anton Amudsen, chief engineer; Lars Petersen, second engineer; H. Jalmar Johannesen, officer in the Nior- wegian navy, fireman; Bernard Nordahl, electrician; Ivan Mogstad, carpenter, and Adolf Juell, steward. In September, 1889, Dr. Nansen mar- ried Miss Eva Sars, youngest daughter of the late Professor Sars, who held the chair of zoology in the Christiania university. Mrs. Nansen was a'professional singer in her maiden days and is described as hav- ing a powerful musical voice. Dr. and Mrs. Nansen have one child, a daughter. Dr. Nansen. according to Lieutenant David L. Brainard, U. S. A., who accomv. panied the Greely expedition, bases his theory of the current which he relied on to carry him through the arctic regions on the fact that the trend of the Jeannette was inerally in the direction of the pole, and t at pieces of driftwood, etc. ., have been found on the east and west coast of Greenland and along the east coast of Ellesmere and Grinnel Land, which, from their appearance and character, seem to in- dicate that they had drifted from the Si- berian coasts. Hansen's Theories. Other articles, such as a large stopper or plug for a powder born, a coasting stick, a cane, etc. evidently the work of Alaskan Indians, have also been found in the same places. Therefore the supposition was ad-. vanced that they drifted across the pole down the east coast of Greenland. around Cape Farewell and up into Baifin’s bay and Smith’s sound. It was also recalled by Lieutenant Brainard that the relics of the Jeannette left on the ice at the time she was crushed were eventually found on the west coast of Greenland, near Juliansbaab, and to have reached there it was estimated the relics must have drifted the rate of about three miles a day. But the lieutenant added: “Dr. Nansen seems to have disregard- ed, or, at all events, taken his chances on one important factor, the baffling and un- certain nature of the current flow, about which nothing is definitely known. “I believe that not only will the Nansen expedition prove a failure, but that it will en'd in disaster. I think it doubtful wheth- er Dr. Nansen will evcr be heard from. I think that he has had too little experience to cope with the difficulties he will inevi~ tably encounter, and especially with the lee. ” The following are among the most nota- ble voyages toward the north pole: 1824 "—Captain Perry reached latitude 82.45. 1827—Captain Ross, with the V ictory, lost in ice, reached latitude 81.27. 1845—S1r John Franklin, with the Fre- bus and Terror, lost in ice. 1853—Ilr. Kane, Advance, reached lat- itude 80.35. _ 1871—Captain Peterman’f Hausa, 81.05. 187l—Captain Hall, Polaris, 82.16. 1876—Captain Nares, Alert and Dis- covery, 83.10. 1879—Lieutenant De Long, Jeannette, lost; 72.15. 1881—Lieutenant Greely, Proteus, 83.20. 1891—Lieutenant Peary, Kite, 83.24. 1892—Bjorling and Kalshmins, Ripple, lost in 78.49. 1893—Lieutenant Peary, Falcon, 82.34. 1894—July—Jackson-Harmsworth, not yet heard from, although their ship, the Windward, returned to London last year, after leaving the explorers on Franz Josef Land. The Windward will return for them this year. ISM—Lieutenant Peary,- Pike. VVas This the Fram? The following letter was received last year by Mr. A. Bain of Shefl‘ield, England, an arctic lecturer: CHRISTIANIA, Sept. 16. The steamship Hertha. freighted by the Danish government to bring victuals and fur- niture to the Danish trade colony (‘Angmagsa- lik) which was established last year on the east coast of Greenland, arrived there on Aug. 25 Peterson, the manager of the colony, then reported that different Eskimos twice saw, at the end of July; a three masted vessel stuck fast in the ice. The ship had a short foremast. It was first seen in the Sermiiigek flord (65 degrees 20 minutes north latitude. 38 minutes longitude). They had seen no smoke from the ship. The report is quite trustworthy. We can get no more until next year. The Fram’s foremast was extraordinarily short, so that the description agrees so far. From the statement of the Eskimos 'We should in that case not hear from the Fram until next year. Meanwhile we must be patient and not feel quite certain that we have to do with the Fram. The Story May Be True. LONDON, Feb. 14.—It is pointed out here in well informed circles that if the news that Dr. Nansen is returning‘from the north pole turns out to be correct it indi- cates that the explorer has made his way back to New Siberia from the arctic re- gions and is there awaiting favorable ice conditions before commencing his home- Ward journey. Kouchnareff, the man mentioned in" the dispatch from Irkutsk, via St. Petersburg, as the agent of Dr. Nansen and as the man who has received information that the explorer has found the pole and is returning, is Dr. Nansen’s dog supplier. He resides near the mouth of the Lena river. The people of that 10- cality pay frequent visits to New Siberia and may in this manner have brought the news to Kouchnareff. Brazilian Cable Communication. 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