Andrée's story; the complete record of his polar flight, 1897, from the diaries and journals of S.A. Andrée, Nils Strindberg, and K. Frænkel, found on White Island in the summer of 1930. Translated from the Swedish by Edward Adams-Ray

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Object Details

Author
Svenska sällskapet för antropologi och geografi
Andrée, Salomon August 1854-1897
Strindberg, Nils 1872-1897
Adams-Ray, Edward
Subject
Andrée, Salomon August 1854-1897
Strindberg, Nils 1872-1897
Fraenkel, Knut (Knut Hjalmar Ferdinand) 1870-1897
"Supplement" (4 . following p. 160) not included in the pagination.
Translation of Med örnen mot Polen.
Remarks on the map of the route taken by the Andrée Expedition, by B. Aurell.--The documents: Andrée's first diary. Andrées second diary. Marginal notes on the calendar page of Strindberg's almanac. Strindberg's memorandum almanac (notes on the flight). Strindberg' logbooks. Strindberg's shorthand letters to his fiancée.
Contents
The background: The three men. Trial flights in the balloon Svea. Planning the polar flight. The first visit to Spitzbergen. The base on Dane Island.--The adventure: The flight of the Eagle, July 11-14, 1897. The march over the ice toward Franz Josef Land. Towards the Seven Islands. Caught in the ice. On White Island.--Supplement: The photographs of the Andrée Expedition.--Thirty-three years later: The Bratvaag Expedition discovers the camp, by G. Horn. The Isbjörn Expedition to White Island, by K. Stubbendorff. The camp on White Island and its equipment, by N. Lithberg. The journey home.--The verdict of science: The balloon and its construction, by G.V.E. Svendenborg. The weather on the flight, by A. Wallén. Technical account of the flight, by K.A.B. Amundson and I. Malmer. Pack-ice, by H.U. Sverdrup. Animal life on the pack-ice, by E. Lönnberg
1930
Call number
G700 1897 .S68 E1930
G700 1897.S68 E1930
Type
Books
Physical description
xvi, 389 p. illus., plates, ports., maps (1 fold.) diagrs., facsims. 25 cm
Place
Arctic regions
North Pole
Smithsonian Libraries
Topic
Balloon ascensions
Record ID
siris_sil_45311
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0