ANDREE AND HIS MEN
BODIES TO BE REPATRIATED
PLACED ABOARD STEAMER
*(Received 26th August, 2 p.m.)
STOCKHOLM, 25th August. The corpses of Captain Andree and his companions have been placed abdard the Bratvaag, wrapped in - sailcloth with salt. There are also three rifles, two cases of instruments, harpoons and fishing tackle, Andree's altimeter, a diary, and the remains of a bear. The Bratvaag is expected to reach Norway on 10th September.
The todies of Captain Andree and his two companions of the famous balloon flight for the Pole were found- on Franz Josef .Land, well preserved in the ice. The balloon left Spitzbergen with the three aboard, with the idea of drifting to the Pole, and was never heard of again until the bodies were found by a Norwegian scientific expedition. . ••■''■
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 49, 26 August 1930, Page 10
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131ANDREE AND HIS MEN Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 49, 26 August 1930, Page 10
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