Later expeditions, starting with the Second German North Polar Expedition in 1869, found the remains of many former settlements, but the population had apparently died out during the intervening years.
As expedicións posteriores, comezando coa Segunda Expedición alemá ao Polo Norte en 1869, atoparon os restos de moitos antigos asentamentos, pero a poboación aparentemente extinguiuse durante os anos intermedios.