ARCTIC TRAGEDY.
German Professor's Body Found In Greenland. leader of expedition. (Received 12.30 p.m.) BERLIN, May 20. The body of Professor Alfred Wegener, leader of the German Greenland Expedition, who has been missing since October, has been found. The corpse bad been wrapped in furs by reverent Eskimos.
The rescue expedition found the last traces of Dr. Wegener 90 miles from Eismette Station.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 118, 21 May 1931, Page 7
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