A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
AN EXPLORER'S' FATE. THE FROZEN NORTH. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received January S. 10.15 p.m. Christiania, January 8. Captain Ritsclier, 'belonging to the party preeedingthc SchroederstrantzGerman expedition, starting next June in an endeavour to make the North-East Passage, has arrived at Advent Bay, Spitsbergen. He reports that his companions are starving on the northern coast, and in the last stages of scurvy. They, sent him and two others to seek help. He left his comrades exhausted by cold and hunger at Wyde Bay. He twice escaped death through the iee yielding, but his dog rescued him. He ate the last ta'low candle on Christmas Day. He arrived with his clothes cut off and his body and feet frozen. A lelicf expedition has been sent.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 197, 9 January 1913, Page 5
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126A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 197, 9 January 1913, Page 5
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