LOST IN GREENLAND

Grey River Argus, 4 May 1931, Page 5

LOST IN GREENLAND

COURTAULD AND OTHERS Airmen Held Back AHRENBERG REACHES ICELAND. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received May 2 at 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, May L Th e Swedish airman, Captain Ahrenberg, has landed at Rakjavitch, and he leaves immediately he has re-fuelled for Greenland, in order to conduct a search for Comtauld, who has been lost on his expedition in connection with the Greenland air route. LONDON, May 1. Captain Ahrenberg in a wireless message from Thor’s Haven, states that he landed after four hours’ flight from Bergen. He is leaving immediately he has re-fuelled.

AIRMEN RETURN. (Received May 3 at 5.5 p.m.) REYKYJAVIK, May 2. The airman, Ahrenberg, left for Angmagsalik, but returned later owing to fog. Odin’s seaplane has returned here owing to defective engines. AHRENBERG REACHES THE ICEFIELD. (Received May 3 at 5.5 p.m.) REYKJAVIK, May 2. A message from Captain Ahrenberg states that ho has arrived at the patrol boat “Odin.’ and has also reached the. icefield, and has found a suitable place for his aeroplane to take off. RESCUERS LOST. WATKINS AND PARTY. COPENHAGEN, May 2. A message received here states that, after a vaia attempt to reach Courtauldfi by sleighs, Watkins, the leader of the British expedition, and two companions, with only a few provisions, set out from their base a fortnight ago, but have not been heard of since. If is presumed that they are roaming the ice sheet in the interior of Greenland. MORE SEARCHERS. COPENHAGEN, May 2. The Hatton cousins have feverishly repaired their Moth plane for the purpose of a search for Courtauld. They left Angmagsalik on Saturday morning to seek Watkins and his companions. COURTAULD’S PARENTS. SPENDING LARGE SUM. LONDON, May 3. The Courtauld family have so far spent eight thousand sterling on the rescue expeditious, so Mrs Courtauld told the “Evening Standard,’’ in an interview. When in Midoccan, on their way home, she and her husband wirelessed the expedition at the base:— “Spare no expense to save Augustine, cur son.”