. Christian herald and signs of our times . n theif Norway. He has been for threebeyond the confines of civilizationoring to reach the North Pole,gh he has not been successful in thatt, he has come nearer to it than haseviousexplorer. The Norwegian flagoats in the icy breezes that blowhe frozen solitude, nearly one hun-and fifty miles north of the pointLockwood planted the Stars ands in 1883. About two hundred andiles still remain to be crossed be-he North Pole is found. Dr. Nan-story is full of interest. His scheme0 push as far north as he could inip and then ram it into the ice witheliberate
. Christian herald and signs of our times . n theif Norway. He has been for threebeyond the confines of civilizationoring to reach the North Pole,gh he has not been successful in thatt, he has come nearer to it than haseviousexplorer. The Norwegian flagoats in the icy breezes that blowhe frozen solitude, nearly one hun-and fifty miles north of the pointLockwood planted the Stars ands in 1883. About two hundred andiles still remain to be crossed be-he North Pole is found. Dr. Nan-story is full of interest. His scheme0 push as far north as he could inip and then ram it into the ice witheliberate intention of getting frozenHe believed that there was a drift inrctic sea which would carrv the shipice floe across the Pole. He sailedChristiania, June 24, 1893, in thea vessel constructed to resist thepreure of the ice. He expected to beaw two vears, but carried provisions•ror|x years. Late in September he madefas 0 an ice-floe and the Ions drift north-Pa began. It continued through the THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. 633. ?4 AND THE NEWSPAPER winter, but during the following summerthere was a southern drift which carriedthe party backward. The next winter,however, brought again a northern drift,and on Christmas eve, 1894, the Fram en-tered a region never before visited. Thenorthward drift continued until March,1895, but then it began to recede as in theprevious year. Nansen detetmined toleave the ship and explore the region tothe north instead of remaining to driftsouthward again. Lieut. Johansen volun-teered to accompany him. Leaving theFram in the charge of Capt. Sverdrup, thetwo men started with sledges and dogsand two light boats. They found thetravel on the ice very fatiguing, as it wasnot smooth but hummocky. They pressedon, however, always hoping to reachsmoother ice,but onApril 7 Jackson of the Windward returned on the Windward to Var-doe, whence the news of their safety wassent. Dr. Nansen believes that the Fram,with the other members
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