Salomon August Andree Preparing Balloon
by Bettmann
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Salomon August Andree Preparing Balloon
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Bettmann
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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(Original Caption) Salomon August Andree (1854-1897), Swedish engineer and explorer who lost his life while attempting a flight by balloon from Spitsbergen to the North Pole. After 33 years, his body was found, in a remarkably good state of preservation, at a camp he had made on Victoria Island, Franz Joseph land, which is within a few miles of the pole.
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May 18th, 2020
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