[Dr. Frithiof Nansen has recently received a letter from Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, the president of the Geographical Society, Melbourne, in which the writer pays a very handsome compliment to the plucky explorer for his ingenious plan of Antarctic exploration. At the same time Baron von Mueller does not, by any means, underrate the dangers which await Nansen and his followers, but he hopes they will also, some day, be able to do good exploring work in the direction of the South Pole. Baron von Mueller expresses his regret at the inability of his society to find the necessary funds for its share of the expenses of the projected Swedish-Australasian-Antarctic expedition under Baron Nordenskjold.]
Letter not found. MS is a summary published in the Centralia enterprise and tribune (Centralia, Wisconsin, USA), 20 September 1890, p. 1, said to have been copied from the Galignani messenger.
Please cite as “FVM-90-00-00x,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on