| Show THE NORTH POLE expedition LONDON nov 12 dr nansen naneen who crossed greenland a couple of years ago has been writing further details of his bis plans plains for reaching g the north pole which he will start to carry out in the spring of 1892 he says he expects to be able to paw pass through behring strait in june he anticipates little difficulty in getting his small vessel as far west as the new iw siberian island he believes that august or the beginning of september will be the most favorable time for pushing north he intends to use a small captive balloon in which he ca can n ascend a hundred feet or so for the purpose of studying study agthe the condition of things fora for a large distance around him he hopes to get into boobe tee ice und and make the journey rapidly at least as tar far north as bennett island when he reaches the permanent ice gap he be will simply look for the best beat place to enter it and will then wait for the ice to carry him whither it will he thinks the chances aregood are good thit he will be carried across the pole or very near it and into the sea between spitzbergen Spitz bergen anti and greenland if it is summer when he arrives he will probably get into open water near a latitude of 80 degrees north if it is winter however he heis is likely to drift south along the east coast of greenland and come out somewhere the following summer if the ice fee floes crush his ship dr nansen thinks there is still an excellent chadee that be will get through all right his Hi party sparty in that event will live on ice floes instead of in the cabin on shipboard they will have warm tent made of a double thickness of canvas or similar stuff well filled with reindeer hair such tents will be very warm and also very light it is well known that several ship parties including the pansa crew and a part of the crew from the american exploring vessel polaris drifted hundreds of miles on ice and finally reached a place of safety |
