THE NORTH POLE.
London, April 15. The Paris paper Figaro reports that the explorer, Dr Nansen, has reached the North Pole. £Dr Nansen sailed for Christiania in | the Eram , a vessel specially constructed ! to evade the risk of being crushed in j the ice, in June 18y3. He reached : Zugor Strait, at the entrance P of the ; Kara Sea, and sailed at the end of j Augupt for the New Siberian Island, i wh«re he hoped to encounter the trans- ! polar current to which he was to commit '. his destiny. He expected the current ; would carry him through.] : +>
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Mataura Ensign, Volume 17, Issue 17, 19 April 1895, Page 3
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