European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Explorer to  by John s. Bulk tit up stiff � Young american Rofi Teora trek into the norther ii Feacher Fenland this summer to unlock the tip re of a government sponsored sex suon that erupted into wild drinking cawing Shipwreck and possibly Mahaun Civ Loomis a professor of fees at Dartmouth  to Lead a five Man expedition Polaris Promontory whew Charleszi Ancs Hall a onetime Cincinnati businessman turned adventurer was juried nearly a Century ago. The Navy concluded that Talt died a natural death but there i enough evidence to indicated was murdered Loomis said. , danish government recently granted Loomis Aud his part permits of to uncover Hall s grave exhume the body to determine whether there Ai foul play  copies of Docu. Rants thought to be buried Witt , owner of a Seal engraving from in Cincinnati became a heavyset Blac bearded in Lar explorer who according to Loomis lived with the  once docile a he proper member of the Ohio business Community it has been written reportedly shot and killed a crewman on a previous expedition to Avert a Mutiny. There is Little known about his Cincinnati Days. The mysterious voyage aboard the Polaris a converted tugboat was financed by the Navy department. Twas to have been the first successful expedition to the North  Hall on the expedition was a group of scientists headed by Emil Bessels a Well known German who was noted for his teutonic thorough Ness and self discipline. There was an abrasion of personalities Loomis said. The abrasion was not Only Between the explorer and the German scientist but Between the Captain of the Polaris Sydney Buddington and Hall and the scientific staff and the ship s officers. The quarrelsome ship got As far a Northwest Greenland until in 1871, the vessel became wintered in locked indy the Frozen sea. He Polaris thus became a Cage of bickering seamen scientists and adventurers. Lesoine liquor was smuggled aboard the tiny vessel when it left the United states. That was quickly  men then hit the ship s medical Chesl and the raw . Buddington a weathered whal ing master never had drinking prob before the voyage Loomis said. Fins was one of the things i can figure out. What made him drink heavily and get into the medical sup ply Loomis said. Frequent Battles broke out aboard thei olans in which almost everybody was involved. The friction Between the Ger Man scientist and the Burly Polar explorer reached a breaking Point. Ring the height of the tensions All set put on a sled journey North eking a Slid route to the Northr Rutur a with plans for a s of sold trips from the boat. "1 the warmth 0 the Polaris Ankli cup of steaming Coffee in minutes later the former k him weeks to die there 8aid was Yak