The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-03
Investigators Find Secret Of Ex-
petition in Newly Discovered
Note Book
HIDDEN AWAY ON HIS BODY
Evidence Shows Explorers Last
Thought Was to Shield Rec
ords From Destruction
HIDDEN AWAY ON HIS BODY

and in Japan. by the Associsted
Press.)
Tromsoe, Norway, Sept. 3.-(R-
Solomon August Andree, pioneer po-
lar air explorer, was found today to
have died guarding to the last the
story Of his attempt to reach the
North Pole by balloon thirty-three
years ago, protecting with his body
even in death two note books con-
tanning his precious records.
Examination Of his body by experts
in the Tromsoe hospital today showed
that in addition to his two diaries
and his navigation log two note books
were wrapped up in an undershirt
and frozen to his back.
Andree, having placed these pre-
cious papers at his back apparently
lay down upon them when he realized
death was near, and shielded them
with his body as he slowly froze to
death.
Discovery Of a hitherto unsupported
diary in the clothing Of Andree to-
day excited high hopes among ex-
perts that the whole epic Of the first
polar flight attempt to reach the
North Pole might be unfolded COM
pletely to the world.
Expect To Learn Much
With the help of this diary, and Of
Andree's navigation log and the 9TH
er diary found by d.. Gunnar Horn
last month in Andree's camp on
White Island, experts hope to recon-
struct the adventures Of the pioneer
polar aeronautical explorers. They
expect to learn how the balloon met
disaster and Andree and his two
comrades fought their way across the
ice to White Island, where they per-
iShed.
The diary was found during exam
ination Of Andree's body in the little
Tromsoe hospital early this morning.
It was the most sensational discovery
of the night, during which positive
Identification was made of the bodies
of Andree and Nils Strindberg and
the puzzling bones brought back by
DR.. Horn we're found to be those OF Q
polar bear and not of Knut Fraukel,
third member Of the expedition.
For 80 years these diaries and the
log have been buried under the same
shroud Of snow and ice that hid the
bodies of the explorers from the
world.
It is surmised that the diary found
~ DR.. Horn on White Island con-
aims the narrative Of what befell
The expedition during its lonely
months of virtual imprisonment while
waiting for rescue on the island
beach. DR.. Horn has refused as yet
to make it public.
May Hold Full Story
Andree'S log book, according to
Horns statement, does not continue
up until the very last days Of An
dree's life.
The new diary may well contain the
record Of the balloon flight from
Spitzbergen. which is supposed to
have ended in latitude 50 north. Of
the balloons wreck and perhaps the
party's wanderings over the arctic ice
and waters with their sledge and their
frail canvas boat.
Only from a study Of the three, 1t
now appears, will the world ever
know the fate of Knut Frankel.
Identification by the experts, Profess
sors Hedren and Lithberg, Of the
bones brought back by DR.. Horn as
those of q polar bear leaves open to
question what became Of Frankel's
body.
He may have persisted with the
wreck of the balloon. or on the way
to White island, or on the island
itself. His body may have been de-
voured by the bears that DR.. Horn
says often ravaged the camp. or it
may still be buried under the snow.
The Identification of the bodies Of
Andree and Strindberg. brought back
to civilization after being entombed.
was made Under dramatic circulm-
stances.
The body Of Strindberg was identi-
fled by his own brother, the sculptor,
Thore strindberg of Stockholm. The
dead mans teeth were recognized
positively.
NxOtucT WAS k1OpCIU1'
So far as sAndree is concerned,
there has never been any real doubt
that it was his body that DR.. Gunnar
Horns Norwegian exploring expedi-
ton brought back early this week.
Confirmation was hardly necessary,
but it vas made by the Swedish pro-
fessors Hedren and Lithberg, experts
sent here especially for the purpose.
4 Prof. Hedren and Prof. Lithberg,
with other experts, worked through
out the night examining the bodies
and the other objects recovered by
DR.. Horn. Many objects are still IN
Andree's boat and have not been ex-
aInined.
Frankel's mother, who died q few
years ago, was much interested In
spiritualism and declared she had
with her sons spirit.
Sven Wahlstrom, a member of the
Frankel family who arrived last
night to represent their interests. to-
day said the young mans mother In
sisted to the last that one day the
bodies Of the three men would be
found and brought home. He said
two sisters Of Frankel still live near
Stockholm.
On Andres body in the little hos
.pital. the examining experts today
announced that they had made an
especially interesting discovery but
issued only . pulling statement.
"A find Of special interest was made
on the back part Of the body" It said.
No further explanation was made.
PLAN STATE INSTITUTE
Fargo, N. D.. Sept. 3.-PeThe an
nual 4-H club state institute at the
North Dakota Agricultural college is
to be held from December 8 through
December IL, H. E. Killing. state club
announced today. The Fargo
Chamber of Commerce will again
sponsor a banquet and junior live