The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-03
BRINGS news OF
FATE OF ANDREE
Christian Leden, Norwegian Ex-
plOTeT, Back From the Arctic.
ESKIMOS TOLD THE STORY.
How They Killed a "DeVil" Who Fell
From the Skies-Companion Left to
Stsrve-land Trip Along Northwest
Passage to Siberia Planned.


After daring the perils of the arctic
for six months Christian Lcdcn.
Norwegian explorer. returned to New
York recently en- route to ChriStiania
with what he believes to be the first
mon August Andree's balloon quest
for the north pole.
Mr.. Leden is we'll known cthuOlu-
gist and, with Fritz Harald Thauluw.
was commissioned 10y the Royal mu-
scum Of Berlin, the University of Bcr-
lin and the University of Christiania
to explore the unknown regions Of
northwest Canada and obtain data
about the tribes Of Indians in that
region, many Of which had never be-
fore been visited by white men. The
trip was made by way of the Cana
dian Pacific railroad to Edmonton, Al
berta; up the Athabasca river to Lake
Atha abasca, where the explorers were
met by agents of the Hudson Bay
company, who provided them with
dogs. sledges and Eskimo guides.
Killed by Eskmos.
Mr.. Leden said that at a point 200
miles north by west of the point at
which it has been generally believed
that Andree perished he encountered
a tribe of Eskimos who related a story
to the effect that fifteen years ago a
large bubble fell from the heavens con-
taining two creatures supposed to be
devils and that these creatures were
able to hurl forth smoke and thunder
from strange instruments that they
carried Members of the tribe attack
ed the two creatures and succeeded in
Staying one of them with arrows,
whereupon the other devil made mo-
tons to them signifying that he and
his companion were shooting at birds
for food and had come in peace.
When the Eskimos realized that they
had attacked human beings who had
no unfrlendly motives they fled in dis
may, leaving the surviving white man
alone. They relate that no other trace
Of him was ever discovered
Ihree years Trip Planned.
Mr.. Leden has conducted several ex-
petitions to Greenland for ethnologi-
cal research and is now on his way
back to Christiania to arrange for an
extended trip in the course of which
he will attempt to make a land pas
sage to the Bering strait, paralleling
the Northwest passage, and cross the
ice to East cape, Siberia. The journey
will be made In the opposite direction
to that taken by Amundsen in his eX-
ploration of the Northwest territory
and is expected to cover 5000 miles,
the longest sledge journey ever at
tempted by white men. There will be
six members of the party, representing
the University of Berlin and the Uni
versity Of Christiania, and each will
be provided with a sledge and dogs.
Nine Esklmos will accompany the ex-
pedition, which is planned to start In
the spring of 1913. 1t is expected that
the trip will cover a period of three
years, as exhaustive chronological and
neurological Investigations Will be
made.
On his return from the extreme
northwest Mr. Leden came by way Of
Hudson bay and thence south past
Greenland. He declares that the spring
season was much earlier this year and
that he witnessed the breaking up Of
the glaciers on the coast of Greenland
and the beginning of the great ice
drift of which the berg which destroy
ed the Titanic in all probability was a
part. Within two months he expects
to visit Greenland to complete investi-
cations which he has already institut-
ed in previous trips.