ANDREE'S EXPEDITION.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20023, 3 September 1930, Page 8

ANDREE'S EXPEDITION.

THE FINDING OF THE UODIES. (CXITEU -"RF.WB ASHOCIATIOK—HT ELECtKIC TELEGRAPH —COPVIU3 HT.) OSLO, September 2. Dr. Horn in an interview regarding (lie finding on White Island of the bodies of S. Andree and his two companions, who attempted to drift over the North Pole in a balloon in 1897, said: "I first discovered 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. It was propped against a rock, and one cheek had been eaten away by bears. A second body was in an ice-covered cleft, while the third was found in a canvas boat filled with ice." Captain Groendal, of the ship Hanseatie, stated that he visited White Island, where the bodies were found, three weeks before Dr. Horn's party landed, to look for traces of the Nobile expedition, having the belief that the missing members of the Italia's crew would some day turn up in those regions. He found a tin box and some papers, and a tent pole, all of which 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 later stated that he could not positively say that the bodies are those of Andree and his companions. The diary consists of only a few pages.