An edition of Andree's Story (1930)

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.

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An edition of Andree's Story (1930)

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.

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Publisher
The Viking Press
Language
English
Pages
389

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Table of 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 Andre e Expedition.
Thirty-three years later: The Bratvaag Expedition discovers the camp, by G. Horn. The Isbjo rn 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. Walle n. 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. Lo nnberg.

Edition Notes

"Supplement" (4 ℗ . following p. 160) not included in the pagination.

Translation of Med o rnen mot Polen.

Remarks on the map of the route taken by the Andre e Expedition, by B. Aurell.--The documents: Andre e's first diary. Andre es 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 fiance e.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
919.8
Library of Congress
G700 1897 .S8

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 389 p.
Number of pages
389

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL14112886M
LCCN
30033944
OCLC/WorldCat
999343

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