ARCTIC EXPEDITION

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8358, 19 February 1913, Page 7

ARCTIC EXPEDITION

LOST GERMAN SCIENTISTS RELIEF EXPEDITION UNDER COUNT ZEPPELIN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright BERLIN, February 17. Owing to the Norwegians’ failure to rescue Lieutenant Schrodor-Stranz and, his counjauions, who were Jose an tbo Arctic, while seeking to complete tue North-East Passage, a special committee at Frankfort, under Count Zeppelin’s presidency, is organising an immediate relief expedition. “'Captain Borg, who is destined to command the mam German Arctic expedition, received a telegram to-day (says the. Berlin oorrespondenc of “The Times" on 'January fath) from Captain Ritschel, who was in command of the ship Herzog Ernst and has now returned to Advent Bay. The telegram says that the Herzog Ernst is 1 frozen in at Treurenburg Bay, and that, /no news has been received from Lieuten-: I ant Sohroder-Stranz and his companions' I who left the ship in August on a sledging expedition. The ship's crew left tne Herzog Ernst bn September 9th. 'Thei oceanographer. Dr Rudgier, was left, behind at the Wijde Bay station with a frozen foot. He had provisions ‘until. January.’ Captain Uitsohel and three companions wont on southwards. They 'wore detained at Cape Petermann by bad weather and darkness. On December 10th Captain Ritschel wont on alone to Advent Bay, where he arrived on December 27th, while his three companions returned to the ship. Captain Jtitschel says that ho will probaly lose some toes. He adds that the Herzog Ernst is safe and can be fetched off next summer. Captain Berg refuses to be pessimistic about the news, but, as will . be seen, ■there is no real explanation of what has happened, and, above all, it is not understood why Captain Ritschel left his ship. As regards the sleighing expedition, it is hoped that it may have reached the, station at Cross Bay."