The Detroit times., 1908-08-20
DEAD MANS DIARY
TOLD STORY Of !
ARCTIC TRAGEDY
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ExPgpI
TON COMES BACK WITHOUT
BRAVE LEADER AND TWO LIEU
TENANTS.

COPENHAGEN. Aug. 19-The ship
Denmark, OF the Denmark Greenland
Expedition, arrived at Bergen. Nor.
way. today and reported the loss Of
its leader. Myths Erickson, and
Lieuts. Hagen and Broculund on the
northeastern coast OF Greenland.
The story Of this latest Arctic trag-
edy is told by Lieut.. Trolle, master OF
the Denmark. as follows:
The expedition carried out the Oh.
jects for which IL was formed. but 1t
paid dearly In having done so. Myths
Erickson, its leader, and Lieuts. Hagen
and Broenlund persisted in November.
1907. In trying to return from the
north-coast Of Greenland by way of
the inland ice, having been obliged to
remain on the north coast during the
summer OF that year, owing to the
state OF the weather.
Message from the Desd.
"Broenlund's body was found In a
crevice near depot. Beside 1t were
sketches showing the work that had
been accomplished and also his diary,
in which was the following entry:
Persisted at 70 degrees under q
trial return over inland ice In Novem-
Der. Arrived here under a decreasing
moon, and cannot go on, owing to
frozen feet and darkness. The corpsos
OF the others are In the middle OF
the ford. Hagen died Nov. Is, and
Myths some ten days later.
(Signed) JOERGEN BROENLUND."
"Broenlund was buried on the spot
where his body was found. It proved
impossible to find the oorpses Of the
others. owing to the heavy snowfall.
Our three dead comrades, having
done their duty and persisted on the
field Of honor, we erected monument
for them at our haven, Port Denmark.
Everything possible was done from
the ship to succor them, but 1t was
beyond human power to prevent the
catastrophe.
In the Frozen North.
The couKRe of the expedition was
as follows:
Aug. Is, 1906, Northeast Coast of
Greenland - After difficult sailing
through the ice our ship reached n
degrees north latitude. Depot stores
were landed at ~ degrees. A haven
for the ship was found at rs degrees,
and was called Port Denmark. 1t was
resolved to remain here. In the au-
tumn OF 1906 sledge journeys were
made In q northerly direction to es-
tablish sledge depots and prosecute
scientific investigations
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north with a view to the discovery OF
the unknown part of the northeast
coast OF Greenland took place in the
spring Of 1907 under command of My.
Illus Erickson. The expedition con-
sisted Of ten sleds in four patches.
Three of these-batches- returned be-
fore the summer. In September, 1907.
a rescue expedition was sent out to
find the batch that had not returned.
II found an open sea at so degrees.
Learned Their Comrades Fate.
I'm the course Of the autumn nu-
merous sledge expeditions were start
cd ard a new rescue expedition set
out in March, 1908. II established
the certainty OF the fate of the missing
party. Several other journeys we're
Iilduc uuIluS tue SpIiu OuC ONCi tho
inland Ice southwest to Ardenoaple In
let, and the Greenland coast was ex-
amined to Cape Bridgeman at SO IL
degrees, and into Peary Channel to
Cape Glacier. The coast line went far
more easterly than we expected. Con.
nection was obtained with Peary's
landmark on Pearland, and at Cape
Glacier the Danish flag was hoisted
and the country taken possession OF
for Denmark and called King FFeder.
| lex VIII. Land
No Living People Encountered.
mo living people were encountered.
| Scientific expeditions were conunu-
ously made in the district surrounding
Port Denmark from the ship. On the
road scientific researches were made
and considerable physical collections
were made, and a large quantity or
scientific material and numerous
sketches. paintings and photographs
Of the country were accumulated.
Our departure from Port Denmark
took place July 90, and owing to the
favorable condition of the Ice cruise
TO rs degrees was made. The mem.
bers of the expedition are all well and
its collections are in good condition"
| The Denmark will be towed from
here to Copenhagen. s