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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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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.
Publication
New York, The Viking Press, 1930.

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Additional Authors
  • Andrée, Salomon August, 1854-1897.
  • Strindberg, Nils, 1872-1897.
  • Adams-Ray, Edward, 1861-1946.
Description
xvi, 389 p. illus., plates, ports., maps (1 fold.) diagrs., facsims.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Andrée, Salomon August, 1854-1897
  • Strindberg, Nils, 1872-1897
  • Fraenkel, Knut 1870-1897
  • Balloon ascensions
  • Arctic regions
  • North Pole
Note
  • "Supplement" (4 ℓ. 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.
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KBR (Svenska sällskapet för antropologi och geografi, Stockholm. Andrée's story)
LCCN
30033944 //r55
OCLC
999343
Title
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.
Imprint
New York, The Viking Press, 1930.
Added Author
Andrée, Salomon August, 1854-1897.
Strindberg, Nils, 1872-1897.
Adams-Ray, Edward, 1861-1946. Translator
Research Call Number
KBR (Svenska sällskapet för antropologi och geografi, Stockholm. Andrée's story)
JFE 75-195
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