Feilding Star. MONDAY,JAN. 29, 1894. DR NANSEN'S EXPEDITION.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 225, 29 January 1894, Page 2

Feilding Star. MONDAY,JAN. 29, 1894. DR NANSEN'S EXPEDITION.

Vi akx of our readers who have taken an interest in the North Polar expedition of Dr Nansen, which was reported to have been lost in the Kara Sea, will be pleased to learn that in the December number of the Geographical Journal appears the following from Mr Ernest James, who accompanied the small fleet of vessels that sailed last summer for the Yenisei with rails for the Siberian Railway, who sent some interesting notes on the condition of the Kara Sea. Mr James wrote : " Any reports of a mishap to Nansen's ship must be without the slightest foundation. We havo just returned from Golchica on the Yenisei river in Mr Popham's yacht, the s.s. Bencathra, and have thus crossed the Kara Sea twice this year. In going out we were only ten days behind Nansen. On AugUot 27th, after a pleasant passage, we arrived off Waigatz Islaad, and anchored in Pet Straits. We found three Russian vessels here, and a Russian man-o'-war. An officer from the man-o'-war came on board with a civil message from the Admiral that Nanseu had passed through ten days before, all well. To show how calm it was I may mention that our swing table was ' fixed ' all the way from Pet Straits. The prevailing winds were northerly and easterly, which probably cleared the ice away for Nansen. 1 feel sure from what we saw in the Kara sea that there was absolutely nothing to interfere with Nansen's voyage." mm _ mmmmmmmm _ mmmmmm .