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.
by Salomon August Andrée, Svenska sällskapet för antropologi och..., Nils Strindberg, and Knut Frænkel
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Salomon August Andrée (1854-1897), Nils Strindberg (1872-1897), Knut Hjalmar Ferdinand Fraenkel (1870-1897), Knut Hjalmar Ferdinand Fränkel (1870-1897), Knut Hjalmar Ferdinand Frænkel (1870-1897), Salomon August Andr©♭e (1854-1897), Knut Hjalmar Ferdinand Fr©Þnkel (1870-1897)Places
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Book Details
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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