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Show Bodies of Swedish Balloon Explorers Are Brought Home 'i'ltOMSOE, Norway, Sept. 2. ;;.!: The bodies of Salmon Auguste Andrce and his companions wete j tr nc back to Scandinavia n soil today afUir 33 years in which the ' were concealed b- the vast snow and ire fields of the Arctic. 'he biHiies, me of which wa so rtr:iiy ohiiietated by the long sleep ; Hi the north that exports expressed ' "rae doubi. concerning it were '"'Htght ashore, from the. sealer f'';iUvaa; m a coffin-like wooden j "N covered with a black cloth. I Milier EseWt ' A detachment of Xorwegiat ""Miei's fserrt.-d t)e strange com-' com-' 'illee of Swedish a a. I NV.i wgn ; I'Hysiduns who examined the hod.e-. bt Ran prtpisiing them Ou' t:anspouation to Sweden, the. hemeiand of the three men who were long hid. Km behind the my-terioa my-terioa of Ihe Arctic. Dr Gunnar Horn, head of tW Norwegian scientific .expedition that found the remains of Andrce and his companions, expressed l. e belief that th- thtec ballonnis'-explorers ballonnis'-explorers starved I" death after their attempt to fly to the pole hao l.-Pcd and thev wandered on foot th-ouuh the Arctic wastes in th-hope th-hope of' being rescued. ' "Vv opinion is that Andrce s balloon was forced down on ihe ice" lie said. 'The men probably i Miu-'-lt'd lowjio the south aiul , 'k ached Wh" Island. Wo-tv they ; v. etc unable to find .sufficient tond Ui sustain themselves. j -i think thoy eventually starved. |