New Britain herald., 1930-09-02
Press and the Oslo Aftenposten,

Press and the Oslo Aftenposten, in the ships cabin, with some of the relics of the Andree expedition on the table in front of him, and told the story of his discovery, and, from his deductions. the story of the last days of the three men who in 1897 thought to fly a balloon across the North Pole, as yet undiscovered. l The Bratvaag, Dr. Horn said, left Tromsoe July 30, intending to visit Franz Joseph Land (now Fridtjof Nansen Land) where the scientific expedition could make observations while the sealer's crew hunted wall rus. seals, whales, and ice bears. White Island was sighted August s, twelve miles west Of it's mapped po- sition. and the next day the expedi- ton put in there; able for once to do so because of the quiet sea. Land ing ordinarily is impossible at the island because of the surf and dan gerous coasline.
 We landed and were soon on our way inland across the naked island" Dr. Horn said. "On it were noun tains of granite and gneiss. Between them were stretches of gravel and sand. Only shallow little lake broke the tediousness of the landscape. Brown moss gave a little touch of color here and there. Aside from the moss vegetation was very sparse. There were the usual polar flowers about"
 Dr. Horn spoke of the vast silence of the place, made all the more im- pressive with the occasional breaking or the ice, and the plump of snow falling from a htlly perch.
 Find Wreckage of Boat
 The next day, August 6, two of the crew of the vessel were searching for drinking water when they noticed clump ofssnow somewhat blacker than other heaps around and on in- vestigating found it to contain ruins of an old boat. A boat-hook, pro- truding, bore the name "Andree Polar Expedition, 1S97."
 The two harpooners ran back to the others and notified them of their discovery. Skipper Eliassen came ashore and against the side of mountain found the body of a man with it's feet half buried in snow. Eliassen realized the importance Of the discovery and hurried back to the Bratvaag for Dr. Horn, who fol- lowed him back to the island. Elias sen had brought with him book he had found with the body which pr. Horn recognized as the Andree expe- dition's observation book in which entries and notes of the journey were jotted down.
 Andree's Shoes Badly Worn
 Dr. Horn, returning with Captain Eliassen, found not only Andree's body, identified by a monogram on his Arctic suit, but sledge, a piece of red and black cloth which may have served for a tent, and other of the paraphernalia of the camp. An dree's body was fully clothed except for shoes, which were worn almost through.
 Beside Andree's body lay gun and an oil stove. Oil in the stove could be pumped out in a fine spray, the apparatus being in good order. In Andree's pocket was diary, a pen cil, and a pedometer. Between two mounds of earth and partly covered with stones, not far away the body of another member of the expedi- tion was found. The body apparently had been laid there by the others. It was frozen down" and hard to get out. In the old boat were found some bones, but Dr. Horn was unable to decide whether they were those of human.
 In the boats also were found other things belonging to the expedition, instruments, stockings, handker-