THE ARCTIC TRAGEDY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 274, 2 September 1930, Page 5

THE ARCTIC TRAGEDY.

RECOVERY OF ANDREE'S BODY.

HOW THE DISCOVERY WAS MADE

United Press Association—Copyright.) (Reeeved This Day, 10.30 a.m.) OSLO, September 1. In •an interview, Dr. Horn (leader of the Norwegian scientific expedition to White Island, 100 miles south-east of Spitzbergen), describing the discovery of the bodies of Solomon Andree and his two companions on the fatal balloon expedition of 1897, said: "I first discovered a cooking apparatus marked with the name of a Swedish firm. After a search I found a body, which was clearly identifiable as that of Andree, propped against a rock. One cheek was eaten away by bears. The second body was in an ice-covered cleft, while the third was found in a canvas boat filled with ice." Captain Grovendal, of the ship Hanseatic, states that he visited White Island where the bodies were found, three weeks before Dr. Horn's party landed, to look for the tracks of the Nobile Expedition, having the behei that the missing members would some dlay turn up in those regions. He found a tin box, some papers, and a tent pole, which all looked too old to be connected with Nobile. Dr. Horn expressed the opinion that Andree and his companions died of cold and exhaustion after a long march over the ice. They had not time to build a shelter, and could not have lived long after reaching White Island. Dr Horn admitted that he cannot positively sav that the bodies are those of Andree and his companions. lne diary recovered consists of only a tew pages.