The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andree and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration (Vintage)

The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andree and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration (Vintage)
Alec Wilkinson (Author)
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In 1897, at the height of the heroic age of Arctic exploration, the visionary Swedish explorer S. A. Andrée made a revolutionary attempt to discover the North Pole by flying over it in a hydrogen balloon. Thirty-three years later, his expedition diaries and papers would be discovered on the ice.
 
Alec Wilkinson uses the explorer’s papers and contemporary sources to tell the full story of this ambitious voyage, while also showing how the late 19th century’s spirit of exploration and scientific discovery drove over 1,000 explorers to the unforgiving Arctic landscape. Suspenseful and haunting, Wilkinson captures Andrée’s remarkable adventure and illuminates the detail, beauty, and devastating conditions of traveling and dwelling on the ice.

• Rank: #147672 in Books
• Published on: 2013-01-08
• Released on: 2013-01-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.83" h x 5.20" w x .71" l, .56 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Description #1 by eBay:

format paperback title the ice balloon sa andree and the heroic age of arctic exploration author wilkinson alec publisher vintage books publication date jan 08 2013 pages 239 binding paperback dimensions 5 25 wx 8 00 hx 0 75 d isbn 0307741869 subject history expeditions discoveries description in 1897 at the height of the heroic age of arctic exploration the visionary swedish explorer sa andree made a revolutionary attempt to discover the north pole by flying over it in a hydrogen balloon th

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Description #3 by Overstock.com:

In 1897, at the height of the heroic age of Arctic exploration, the visionary Swedish explorer SA Andre made a revolutionary attempt to discover the North Pole by flying over it in a hydrogen balloon. Thirty-three years later, his expedition diaries and papers would be discovered on the ice. Alec Wilkinson uses the explorers papers and contemporary sources to tell the full story of this ambitious voyage, while also showing how the late 19th centurys spirit of exploration and scientific discovery drove over 1000 explorers to the unforgiving Arctic landscape. Suspenseful and haunting, Wilkinson captures Andres remarkable adventure and illuminates the detail, beauty, and devastating conditions of traveling and dwelling on the ice.