S.A. Andree: The Beginning of Polar Aviation 1895-1897.(Book review)

From: The Geographical Journal | Date: December 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

S.A. Andree: the Beginning of Polar Aviation 1895-1897. By GUNTHER SOLLINGER

Moscow: Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute for the History of Natural Sciences and Technology, 2005, 720 pp, ISBN 5 900078 42 7

The story of Salomon August Andree's balloon expedition in which he attempted to reach the North Pole is well known to those interested in the history of Arctic exploration. On 11 July 1897 Andree and two companions, Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel, left Virgohamna in northwest Svalbard in the hydrogen balloon Ornen, the first attempt to travel by air in the ...

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