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(Salomon) August Andree (1854-1897), Swedish engineer and balloonist.
(Salomon) August Andree (1854-1897), Swedish engineer and balloonist. In 1897 Andree made an attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. Together with two colleagues, Dr Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel, he took off from Spitzbergen, but the balloon was forced down onto the ice by the weight of ice accumulating on the outside of the balloon in a freezing fog. Rescue attempts failed to find the missing explorers, whose bodies were not located until 1930. Theories as to how they died include exposure, the effects of eating infected polar bear meat, or carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty stove.
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
AERONAUTICS
ANDREE
Ann Ronan Pictures
Arctic
B&W
B/W
ballooning
balloonist
Black & White
Black and white
BODY
concept
ENGINEER
Engineering
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Exploration
Explorer
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Male
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Men
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NINETEENTH CENTURY
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POLAR
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SALOMON
Salomon Andree
sweden
Swedish
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