ARCTIC TRAGEDY

Southland Times, Issue 21178, 3 September 1930, Page 5

ARCTIC TRAGEDY

DISCOVERY OF THREE BODIES. EXPEDITION LEADER’S STORY. (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) Oslo, September 1. Dr Horn, leader of the Norwegian scientific expedition which discovered the bodies of Salomon Andree, the Swedish explorer, and his two companions, interviewed, said; “I first discovered cooking apparatus marked with the name of a Swedish firm, and 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 Groendal. of the ship Hanseatic, states that he visited White Island, where the bodies were found, three weeks before the Horn party landed, to look for traces of the Nobile expedition, having the belief that the missing members would some day turn up in those regions. They found a tin box containing 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 ice, and that they had not time to build shelter and could not have lived long after reaching White Island. Dr Horn cannot positively say the bodies are those of Andree and his companions, as the diary consists of only a few pages.