Dec 18, 2024 · On July 11, 1897, three Swedes—Salomon August Andrée, Nils Strindberg and Knut Frænkel—set off on one of the most ambitious Arctic expeditions of all time: a bid to fly over the North Pole in a...

S. A. Andrée and Knut Frænkel with the balloon on the pack ice, photographed by the third expedition member, Nils Strindberg.The exposed film for this photograph and others from the failed 1897 expedition was recovered in 1930. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 was a failed Swedish effort to reach the North Pole, resulting in the deaths of all three expedition members, S. A ...

Jul 11, 2012 · One hundred fifteen years ago today, on July 11, 1897, engineers S.A. Andrée and Knut Fraenkel and photographer Nils Strindberg set off to reach the North Pole by balloon. They were never...

Sep 23, 2018 · Andrée’s hydrogen balloon, the Svea. Andrée believed that the best way to reach the North Pole would be during the “gentle” polar summer when winds blew predominantly northward and were not too strong. The best way to reach …

Apr 12, 2010 · Of the hundreds of people who went looking for the North Pole before the twentieth century, only Andrée used a balloon. He had left from an island six hundred and fifty miles from the Pole....

Jul 11, 2019 · In 1897 three Swedish aeronauts set out for the North Pole in a balloon, only to disappear in the vast Arctic. Their fate would remain a mystery for 33 years Close

Jul 6, 2021 · Ballooning to the North Pole. The Arctic balloon expedition was considered a bold, patriotic adventure in Sweden. It was supported by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science, had financial backing from Alfred Nobel (founder of the Nobel Prizes) and the Swedish King, and local newspaper Aftonbladet provided carrier pigeons for communication.

May 23, 2018 · The aim, to cross over the North Pole in 43 hours in a hydrogen balloon then journey on to land seems incredible. But this was the age of polar exploration, of new engineering marvels and with the financial support of the Swedish King Oscar II and Alfred Nobel anything must have appeared possible.

Feb 28, 2019 · On July 11, 1897, Salomon Andrée, a Swedish engineer, physicist, and hot air balloonist, set out with two fellow countrymen on an expedition to the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon. With the support of the Swedish government and the royal family, Andrée became a celebrity for his daring expedition.

Giles Milton tells the story of Swedish explorers to the North Pole by hot air balloon. A story that ended in tragedy.