The ice balloon : S.A. Andrée and the heroic age of Arctic exploration / Alec Wilkinson.
2011
G700 1897 .W55 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
The ice balloon : S.A. Andrée and the heroic age of Arctic exploration / Alec Wilkinson.
Author
Wilkinson, Alec, 1952-
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780307594808
0307594807
0307594807
Publication Details
New York : A.A. Knopf, 2011, c2012.
Language
English
Description
239 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Call Number
G700 1897 .W55 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
910.911/3
Summary
Documents the dramatic 1897 flight of a visionary Swedish explorer who attempted to discover the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon, describing the formidable environmental conditions that challenged his efforts.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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