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Show in iiiiii swi I. ill T nnir- n ' ill is'll jjnirf--- '' fcurrent Topics;: OTTO BVERDRUP. Rstlere Whs Mmj Hav Twm4 th Mnrth Peta. A rumor haa aprung tip In Chrle-tlanla Chrle-tlanla that Captain Otto Svsrdrup, th Arctic explorer who won hi rvta-tlon rvta-tlon as an assistant of Nsnsen, whom h accompanied In I Ml on bis famous expedition semes Oreenlsnd and on Nsnsen 'a a' 111 more famous voyage on the Pram, has reached the north pole and I now returning home. Ther I no confirmation of thla report, nor ta anything any-thing known of It origin, but eve the rumor ha aroused th keenest Interest. In-terest. Captain Sverdrup sailed on hla expedition ex-pedition to the aretlca on June 14, 101. Tha ostensible purpose of th expedition expedi-tion wa to explore Smith' sound and th Robeson channel, dl'covsr th northern limit ot (Ireen'snd, study th origin of th palaeocryptlc Ice, and to not the tides and temperature; but there waa no doubt at th tlma th expedition ex-pedition Billed on the Fram from Chrtetlanla that the bold Sverdrup and at leaat on or two ot hi companion com-panion would push on and try to reach the pole. Th outfit of th expedition conlt-. d of ski, aladgra, canoes, anowahoe. and vnrythlng neceasary for traruv-portatlon. traruv-portatlon. Clothing and sleeping bag were taken along, while the food sup-pile sup-pile were large and varied. Tha draft animal on th Fram numbered tan splendid elk dogs, a large variety ol th Finn dog. wolflrh In appearance. To theae were added elg. ty Eskimo dogs, secured In Greenland. Ot tht sixteen members of the expedition flvt were executive ofllccn and five wert scientist. Th last heard of Sverdrup waa during dur-ing th summer ot 1899. when he wa on the noithwcst coast of Greenland. Mi CAPT. OTTO 8VERDRUP. B Lincoln' Sea, to tha northwest of that 0 point, waa Ice free the following sum- PL mer, according to the American sx- B ptorer, Lieutenant Peary, and Scandl- M navlan scientist declare there I a H atrong probability that Sverdrup M aelted the opportunity and reached th H pol. B |
