IN THE SNOWS.
THE KOCH EXPEDITION. GREAT HARDSHJPS'. KOCH HAS LEG BROKEN. ON THE LAST DOG. **"*"
1 i [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright! i [united Press Association.] (Received 1-45 p.m.) ' | Copenhagen, August 14. ■ ! Captain Koch wintered on an island of ice to the eastward of Queen Louise Land. The majority of horses were slaughtered, but five were kept alive, being fed on the slaughtered flesh. Captain Kocli_ fell 42 feet down a 'deep crevasse and was laid up with a broken leg for thre months. Violent blizzards were encountered jduring the 750-mile march. I ,The horses became snow-blind and three of those which became exhausted were killed. ! A sailor rescued by the expedition had been without food for 35 hours, and had just killed, cooked, and was ;about to cat a dog which had accompanied him the whole way.
I [Captain J. P. Koch proposed to 'make, an expedition into inland Greenland, beyond th Mountain of Queen Louise Land. He hoped after spending the winter in scientific {work co start across the inland ice last May.]
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 86, 15 August 1913, Page 6
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174IN THE SNOWS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 86, 15 August 1913, Page 6
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