People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1896 — Bonding a Yacht For Explorer Nansen. [ARTICLE]

Bonding a Yacht For Explorer Nansen.

"Mr. Colin Archer of Lanrvig," says The Field, "is preparing the plans fora 80 ton yacht for the celebrated arotio explorer, Dr. Hansen. The little craft is to be need for trips to Spitsbergen and for cruises on the Norwegian fiords. Mr. Archer, who designed and built the From, though a Norwegian by birth and citizenship, is of Scottish descent and has spent a number of years in the United States and in Australia."