![Salomon August Andrée's polar station at Danskøya, Svalbard, Norway before the ill-fated Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 | I hope to be remembered for my atrocities! Salomon August Andrée's polar station at Danskøya, Svalbard, Norway before the ill-fated Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 | I hope to be remembered for my atrocities!](https://miepvonsydow.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/c__data_users_defapps_appdata_internetexplorer_temp_saved-images_andrees_station3.jpg)
Salomon August Andrée's polar station at Danskøya, Svalbard, Norway before the ill-fated Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 | I hope to be remembered for my atrocities!
Europeana.eu - #OnThisDay in 1897, Salomon August Andrée left Spitsbergen in attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. The balloon lost hydrogen quickly and crashed on the pack ice after only
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La quête du pôle nord : l'expédition tragique de Salomon August Andrée (1897) – Dynamiques Environnementales Info
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