Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-27
THE FATE or ANDREE.
A FREUD Of His Believes That lie VIII
be- Heard From.
fI.ondon Standard

~ Iachnmbrc. the aeronaut. who
made the balloon inwhlch his friend
N. Andrec started on his journey To
the North Pole ON the nth of July, 1897.
has again explained his reasons why he
does not despair OF seeing him one day
back In France safe and sound. lie
says that when Andfce new his third
pigeon. which ~ the only one that was
found. he had previously Indicated his
position and complained of b.ing cnr-
fied westward. which would throw
liEht on the satisfaction shown by him
IN returning southwark. II may. there
fore. be regarded as almost certain
that the balloon passed within nfty OF
sixty Miles to the east OF the Seven
Islands " spliEbcrEcn, where the
pigeon was found.
Mr. Waiter wcllman. who IL very
competent In such matter, and n
himself preparing "a Polar expedition,
declares that under such meteorological
conditions the balloon must have been
carried first southwark over the open
portion Of the iiering Sea. and then To.
wards Franz Josef Land. ~ the pass
renTerH In the ear of the balloon then
touched terra nrmn. II could not have
been elsewhere than within the linn.
spiizbcrgcn, Nova Hombla Ia tho south,
and Franz Josef Land ana the Polar
Ocean 10 the north-thnt N TO say, be-
You'd the oighty.nfth or olghty-HiNth
parallel.
II Is thought improbable that the
acronaut driftcd MS FAR NJ Siberia or
Nova Zcmbla, Tor In that case they
would certainly have succeeded IN COM
municntlnH with the civilized world
The general movement of the tempest
which prevailed towards the East pre-
cludrr the hypothesis of the balloon
having drlfted towards Greenland ~
SpitzburEcn. NJ. I.nchhmbre, therefore,
considers there can be- hut three hy-
pothcsla concerning the spot az which
the balloon touched ground. The lrHt
II that u reached Franz Josef Land.
In that ease Andrce would have rcc-
ogniEed the lmpOHalbility OF proceeding
northwafd. and would have come
southwark, The explorers would have
easily reached Cape Flora ON the
clghtlcth parallel, where jackson left
a comfortable house ana abundant
provisions for wlnterlnE, II they had
failed In reaching that spot they
would. according to NJ. l.achnmbru.
certainly have been able TO construct
Ices houses for themselves and TO shoot
sufficient bears, seals. and moose to
feed upon. The second hypothcalH N
that the balloon fell into the sea 10 the
southeast ~ Spltzhcrgcn, Being aueA-
toned few days before his departure
ns 10 what he would do N such an acci-
dent happened Andrec replied we
shall be- drowned" The third hypothc-
ais Nv that the balloon may have been
carried to the northeast NJ Franz Josef
Land. In that case the acrunnuts
would probably have persisted. In ad-
hitting that they reached the ico-ieldH
OF the Polar Ocean, with their equip
ment and guns. they would. In eight
weeks march. have been able 10 reach
land. nut with the exception OF "a
stray bear they would have had moth
ms 10 live ON, with tho provisions
they carried with them, Il would have
been necessary for them Ia reach land
before the end of September 1897. and
In that case news would certainly have
been received from them before now,
summing up his opinion, NJ. l.ncham-
bre says that n the balloon fell into
the sea, the aeronautH are drowned
" II fell on the ice-iioes To the south
east ~ Spitzbergen, they have prob
ably persisted; but " they had reached
Franz Josef Land, Andree ana his com.
nanions would almost certainly have
been safe, ana In that ease they would
have been found last summer In jack
sons house at Cape Flora, NJ. La
chambre has not. however. lost hope
He considers Il quite possible that An
dree reached the North FOle, and
landed from his balloon on lie furths I