Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-03
Swedish Experts Find Record
of Expedition Wrapped
in Undershirt.
BOOK is REGARDED AS
MOST IMPORTANT FIND
Only Skeletons of Leader and
Strindberg Remain Intact,
Professors Say.
By the Associated Press.


TROMSOE, Norway, September g.
The day-to-day record of the Andree
expeditions tramp on foot over the ice
from the point where their balloon was
wrecked to White Island, where its
members persisted is contained in one
of two note books found wrapped in an
undershirt behind the explorers back
today. Its discovery was announced by
experts who examined the body.
The experts said the book was the
most important find yet made in con-
nection with the record of the expedi-
ton. The other note book, which
Andree lay down upon when dying and
protected with his body even in death,
contains only some geographical OBJ
These are on the first pages
and the rest of the book is blank.
Organic Parts Deteriorated.
A formal statement issued by the
experts, Swedish Profs. Hedren and
Lithberg, says that only the skeletons
of the bodies of Andree and Strindberg
remain intact. The organic parts were
very much detAriorated and the cloth
ing, though fairly wei preserved, had
been much torn, probably by animals.
After the remains of the Andree ex-
petition had been transferred to the
hospital at TromSoe," the statement
says, "the experts began their work at
l pm. Tuesday.
simultaneously were transferred to
the hospital such belongings aboard
the Bratvaag as the sledge. the canvas
boat with its contents and objects
found in Andree's camp on White Island,
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found in the inner pocket of Andree's
jacket.
so far the remains of two men have
been found. The organic parts are very
deteriorated, but some of the garments
are more or less fully preserved.
From the initials on The clothes it
energies that these two men are the
expeditions chief, Solomon August An
dree, and his scientific assistant, Nils
Strindberg.
To Photograph Bodies.
"Only the skeletons of Andree's and
Strindberg's bodies remain. The re-
mains brought home are to be photo
graphed in the condition in which they
now are. Immediately thereafter, ex-
animation of Andree's body will begin.
THE clothes are more or less torn
to pieces, probably by animals.
"Andree had spread out his jacket
over himself. Under the jacket were
found some clothes. including a cap.
"A find of special interest was made
on the back of the body. This con-
sisted of two books wrapped in an un-
dershirt and placed inside his clothes
against his back.
The first of these books contains
only some geographical observations, on
the first pages, the rest of the book is
blank.
THE second book was a day book
to record the journey on foot over the
ice This book is the most important
thus far found to tell Of the fate of
the Andrce expedition"
The two bodies found by DR.. Gunnar
Horn last month were definitely identi-
fed as those of Andree and Strindberg,
handsome youthful companion, who
followed into the Arctic and preceded
him in death.
A group Of bones which, it was
thought. were those of the third man
in the Andree expedition of 1897, Knut
Frankel, were found not to be those
of man at all, but of polar bear,
possibly one which Andree and Strind-
berg killed for food in the days pre-
ceding their demise on Hvitvoen.
What Happened to FrankeI?
Speculation as to what happened to
Frankel developed several possible solu-
tons. He may have died in the descent
of the balloon at latitude 83 north,
about 1870 miles north of White Island
and about 470 miles from the North
Pole; he may not have survived the
long trek back across the ice from the
place of descent to the island haven,
either dying of exhaustion or falling
into an ice crevice; or his body may still
be on White Island, covered by the
snow and ice which kept the bodies of
Andree and Strindberg hidden for 80
years.
There has been considerable discus
sion here of the value of another ex-
petition to Hvitvoen to reclaim possible
other relics of the expedition and to
make search for Frankels remains.
1t is felt generally that success of such
an expedition would be problematical,
since some snow already has fallen, and
even slightly adverse weather condi-
tons made the island, which is east of
Spitzbergen, unapproachable. 1t may
be years before as favorable conditions
as existed this year and led to the
Horn discovery exist again.
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