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Svenskhuset Tragedy
The ''Svenskhuset'' Tragedy was an event in the winter of 1872–73 where seventeen men died in an isolated house on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The cause of death was long believed to be scurvy, but research done in 2008 has revealed that the men probably suffered lead poisoning. ''Svenskehuset'' is today preserved as a cultural heritage site.〔
==The tragedy==
''Svenskhuset'' (the Swedish House) is the oldest house on Spitsbergen.〔 The house was erected by the Swedes on Cape Thordsen in Isfjorden, and was intended to withstand the harsh conditions of the Svalbard winters.〔 A group of Norwegian seal hunters were stuck on the island in the autumn of 1872. They sought out the Finland-Swedish explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, who at the time was conducting an expedition in the area, for assistance. Nordenskiöld did not have the resources to accommodate all the hunters, so it was agreed that a number of the men would make their way to ''Svenskhuset'', where they knew there would be food, coal and equipment.〔 Seventeen men without families were selected, and on 14 October 1872 they set out for ''Svenskhuset'' in row boats. The journey was 350 km (220 mi), and it took the crew seven days to get to their destination.〔
Next summer a Norwegian ship, led by Fritz Mack from Tromsø, left Norway to rescue the stranded men. Outside the house they found five dead bodies wrapped in a tarpaulin. On the door, which was locked from the inside, there was a sign with a warning not to enter. Inside there were dead bodies scattered in chairs, on beds and on the floor.〔 All together the expedition found fifteen bodies, which were taken out and buried in their beds. Two more bodies were discovered by a group of researchers a few years later.〔 One of the sealers, Karl Albertsen, had kept a diary during his stay in the house. The diary told that a man named Hans Hansen had been the first to die, in November. By Christmas everyone in the house was ill.〔 The last diary entry was written on 19 April.〔 It is assumed that Albertsen was the penultimate man to die.
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