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 and edited by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography ; translated from the Swedish by Edward Adams-Ray.

Author: Svenska sällskapet för antropologi och geografi.

Publisher:New York : Blue ribbon Books, c1930.

Description:v, 250 p. : front., plates, ports., map, facsim. ; 23 cm.

Note:At head of title: Boys' edition.

Note:Maps on lining-papers.

Note:Plates printed on both sides.

Note:Introduction.--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 towards Franz Josef Land. Towards the Seven islands. Caught in the ice. On White island.--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.

Note:Gift of the Doty Family 2000.

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