The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-10-05
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mission viii moot here W thin a few days,
II Is not probable. however. that the com.
m ssion VIII be ready to sal before late
iin November.
stockholm. oct. 4--The buoy marked
"Andree Polar Expedition" which.
with an anchor attached, was found
September g. on the north coast OF King
Charles island by the master OF the
Norwegian cutter, Martha Larsaak
was opened yesterday in the presence
Of a number Of experts and members
Of the cabinet. Ii was found 10 be the
/ so-called North Pole buoy which An
dree had arranged TO drop IL he sue
ceeded in passing the pole.
PREVIOU SNIEssAGES.
THIS recovery Of an Andree buoy Is
the most tangible evidence yet obtain
ed that the Swedish explorer accom-
pilshed hia purpose. and 1t will doubt
| less raise the hopes OF Andree'i friends
and family
Professor .Andree ascended in & bal
loon July II. 1877 from Danes Island,
on the northwest coast of Spltzbergen
in the hope that breezes would watt
him across the North Pole an dto some
place in Siberia or North America.
He was accompanied by DR.. Strind-
berg and NJ. Fraenchel and before go
ing he expressed the confidence pf sue
cess
The balloon when seen at 2;40 that
day was going rapidly north. north
east A homing pigeon picked up by
the captain OF the Aiken. had mes
sage which read:
July 13. noon, S2.2 n. 1915 T.. Good
passage f. 10, s. All we'll This is my
third pigeon post ANDREE." F"
Thus, in the course of two days, the
progress made amounted to only lso
miles
on September %. a reddish brown OBJ
ject wa sdiscovered floating in the wat
er OF Prince Charles Foreland. which
it was thought, might be the balloon.
but an expedition which left Trombose
November 4, on the Victoria, returned
without any news.
Since Andree, and his party started
from Danes Island. which is 700 miles
south Of the North Pole, they have new
or been seen. but reports OF messages
fro mthe mhave been frequent Only
two authentic ones have ever been re-
eelved. One was picked up several
mon.hs after Andree had started It
was wrapped in a straw paper roll,
made waterproof by a wa recovering.
on the roll was written in Swedish.
these instructions:
open the roll from the side and take
out two letters The letter written in
regular script please wire at once to
Alton bladet, The shorthand letter
mail by earliest post 10 the pape
The letter was not found. The other
communication wasa
From Andrees polar expedition to
Aftonbladet, Stockholm, July 49, 1880
p M, 50 degrees. minutes latitude,
10 degrees minutes east longitude
Fine trip to the east. 10 degrees south.
Everything well on board. This is my
third message by carrier pigeon"
A message which looked like an au-
thentic one. though doubt was cast up
on 1t. was reported to have been TAX
en- from the wing of a carrier pigeon
shot by a seal hunter to the west OF
Phipps Island. north of Spitzbergen.
three days after the balloon started 1t
sa Il:
"North Pole. l42 West 4I62"
on July % message from Copenhag-
en- 90 London reported tina tstamped on
the wing OF carrier pigeon caught |
near Tromosc island was this
North Pole passed Fifteenth"
Reports from various points of the |
North Pole have come from time 10 |
time as 90 the balloon having been |
sighted ana messages discovered and |
IN February of the present year. a |
message came from Northern Siberia, |
giving IN detail the account Of the dis
covery of a cabin constructed OF clolh |
and cordage, believed to have been a |
part OF a balloon. with the bodies -
three meen lying inside. The r lssians
sent an expedition to the place imme
diately and the story was found to be
false.
In the latter part of 1898, an expe IL
on 10 search for the missing aeropaut
and his companions was sent out from
sweden headed by DR.. II. G. Northurst
The search proved futile. Nothing was
heard of Andree.
ANDREE'S PREPARATIONS
Scientists, however, have not given
lp hope Andree aud his companions
were provisioned for three years and
vord that they are safe in some OF the
northern regions may yet come at any
moment
Dr. Andree was a well known aero
laut and his companions were sent out
laut and chief engineer OF the stock
lolm patent office. For twenty years
he had been figuring on the project OF
attempting 10 reach the North Pole
n balloon He first preached the sub.
ect at the Geographical Congress In
>ondon in 1885. A big. discussion fol-
owed Finally a French delegate asked !
Andree what he would do II his balloon ,
and he had no time to adjust
lis boat before he fell into the water.
Drown was the quick response.
Applause followed and from that
ime the scheme was taken up enthus-
astlcally- Andrees fellows w-countrymen
contributed the $4,000 that the expedi-
Ion cost without hesitation after ex-
'eriments at the cost of the govern
nen had proved successful.
The most careful preparations were \
made The balloon was made in France
{ consisted OF a balloon sack made OF
arnlshed SILK, the height Of the sphere
'eing seventy five feet s.
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