The Washington times., 1930-09-02
BONES Of HERO
LANDED At
TR0NS!OE r
Arctic BalIoonists Probably
Suffered Only Short Time
After Landing, Says Finder

TROMSOE. Norway, Sept.
uN.SD while the pious viii
layers of Tromsoe stood on the
pier with barred heads, the black
box containing the remains of
Solomon Auguste Andree was
carried ashore today by the crew
Of the whaler Bratvaag.
Military heels clicked and rifles
were held at salute as the box
was placed upon a hearse and
taken to the city hospital. Sci
entists and embalming experts
were waiting there to begin the
task of preserving the explorers
remains.
Only Bones Are Left
DR.. Gunnar Horn. leader of an
arctic expedition which stumbled
upon the remains Of the Andree
camp on White Island, carefully
supervised removal from the YES
sci of the remains of the ex
plorers-two unacceptable skele-
tons and a pile of bones. He was
emphatic in explaining that prev
ious reports to the effect that
the bodies were found in a nearly
perfect state of preservation were
erroneous
Andree's body, he stated. was
identified by a coat button bear
ing an insignia and by the fact
that his small diary was found in
the vestpocket. The head bones
were broken. The second skele-
ton was believed to be that of
Strindberg, while the bones were
those of Frankel.
Died Soon After Landing
After a close inspection of the
Andree camp as he found it, DR..
Horn concluded that the ex:
plorers after safely landing in
their balloon. were unabl- to en-
dure for long the rigors of the
vicious arctic climate. Exhaus-
ton. he believed. ended their suf-
ferings within a few weeks. This
was attested to by the fact that
numerous shells remainc1 1 un.
touched, showing that the ex,
plorers found little opr ortunity
to hunt game. White Island
offers bear. fox and grouse.
New Search Ordered
On revelation by DR.. Horn that
he believed the Andree camping
spot on White Island still had
much to offer in the way of
relics, the Norwegian government
radioed the steamship Isbjoern
to turn back on it's course to
Tromsoe and make a thorough
search of the location.
The ISbjoern originally left
Norwegian shores some days ago
to search for the Bratvaag,
after learning of DR.. Horns dis
covery. It failed to contact with
the sealing vessel, as did mum
Der of other vessels bent on
similar mission. The ship car
ried a number of newspaper
correspondents.
LONDON. Sept. 2 G.N.S0.
Possibility that the log painstak-
ingly kept by the explorer. Au-
guste Solomon Andree on his bal
loon venture to the North Pole
may supersede the widely heralded
diary in Importance and richness
Of content was offered today in
a report to the London Times
by its Skjaervoy correspondent.
First examination, the report
stated, revealed to the delight
OF its diScoverers that Andree's
observation log contained several
hundred pages of the Swedish ex-
plorer's easily readable handwrit-
ing. These timely and detailed
entries, it was indicated, may un-
fold a story far more complete
and dramatic than the small, ice
cracked diary.
The log was found in the small
canvas boat recovered by DR..
Horn, while the diary rested in
Andree'S vest pocket and conse-
quently suffered more from ex-
posure than the log. The latter,
according to the Times, may tell
the graphic story of a $200-mile
march over treacherous ice and
snow endured by Andree and his
men in heroic attempt to fight
their way out of the barren North
toward civilization.