Title:
Swedish balloonist's fatal flight to Polar region
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Swedish explorer
Exploration, Polar region
Hot air balloons
Exploration, Polar region
Hot air balloons
Object ID:
Kim02-088
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
11/10/1988
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
In 1897 Salomon Andree, Swedish explorer, explores polar region in hot air balloon named Oerner or Eagle only a decade before the Wright brothers' Kitty Hawk flight. Two young Swedish men, Knut Frenkel and Nils Strinberg went with him. Their fate would be discovered in 1930 when Andree's diaries and their bones were found.
People:
Andree, Salomon August
Frenkel, Knut
Strinberg, Nils
Nobel, Alfred
Frenkel, Knut
Strinberg, Nils
Nobel, Alfred
Search Terms:
Swedish
Polar
balloonist
Eagle
Oernen
Alaska
Spitzbergen
diaries
skeletons
Polar
balloonist
Eagle
Oernen
Alaska
Spitzbergen
diaries
skeletons