Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-20

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Their position August 4 was s2:l7
north, 22:43 east. about 60 miles
west OF their starting point.
Killed Bears For Meat
After some consideration they
turned here and began u belated
Journey toward Seven Islands. off
Spitzbergen. where there were caches
OF food and supplies. Their own
food was running out. They weret
on shortened rations and the out N
look was pretty glum. They killed"
some Polar bears. which E-ndree
calls wandering meat shops Of the
Arctic" and with each successive
kill the prospects OF the party
frightened. There were days when
no bears appeared and the men went
hungry.
During all this travail Andree's
interest aS "A scientist never tagged.
Occasionally on the ice hummocSs
he would pick off Specks OF clay and
bits OF moss. which the ice hi pick
ed UP somewhere I'm the course of Its
wandering In the Arctic and he
saved some twenty OF them, carrying
them along when every ounce must
have added considerably t0 his bur-
den. One OF the specimens * taken
Andree dried by putting next to his
bare chest. IL was his idea that
valuable information as To the ocean
drifts might be obtained from the
samples.
As the party slowly approached
Nt~~ ~nmWH ~ NwmAmm ~N-~ww ~ -
given rest periods when from time
t0 time " would oe necessary TO load
their canvaS boat and row farf n
while across the pools OF fresh WAFER
Or the open ocean be. cen '-e ice
floes. This they found infinitely
preferable 10 the long marches ON
tire ice. Meanwhile they became
much more skillful at obtai-.ng food.
and the diary mentions that Frankel
became adept at preparing n savory
cnncoction known as q blood pan
cake" which served them for bread.
Strindberg's speciality was seaweed.
With arrival IN the SnallCwer wat
ers north OF Spitzbergen the drift
changed and Ardree realized Id
would be impossible to reach Seven
Islands. Between September liz and
II the ice on which they located
drifted 100 kilOmeters IN an east
southeast direction and dhe cold
became more and more intense.
Their decision then was to spend
the winter ON IA suitable ice float
and they set TO work building what
they described as n "cecot.T' On
Sept. II they sighted Hvitvoen.
which they called New Iceland"
Il vas the first land they had seen
since July III. The next day they
killed their first seal. and the next
day three more anG on Sept. 20
a bear. Andree estimated that as
a result OF their good fortune there
would be food to last until the next
Arril.
They constructed and moved into
a little ice cabin which they called
The Home" At this point O. sud-
den and irreparable disaster over
took them The ice foe on which
they had chosen TO live cracked Up
with a thunderous roar and separ-
ated their stores and supplies on
small chunks Of ice. They brought
much OF IL together and looked to-
ward Hvitvoen.
The diary comes to a sudden end
Just here with the comment by An
dree: With such companions every
thing will 20 on all right in almost
any circumstances"
There l. no clue 10 the end OF
the men, which Of them died first
and what brought death or. There
Is. IN solution Of this. only the 4 fact
OF discovery OF their remains. S-9ind-
berg's and Frankel's laid out as In
~ a sort OF interment, and Andree's
own body up against the side OF a
mountain, as III he lay down there
Knowing Ii was where he would die.