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Salomon A. Andree 1896 Polar Expedition Collection

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Salomon A. Andrée 1896 Polar Expedition Collection
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Object Details

sova.nasm.1994.0007
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg25d2bf06b-a7c1-4056-8921-2d0b41c0875d
Creator
Andrée, Salomon August, 1854-1897
Names
Andrée, Salomon August, 1854-1897
Place
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration
Topic
Aeronautics
Balloons
Provenance
Peter Gustafson, gift, 1993, 1994-0007, NASM
Creator
Andrée, Salomon August, 1854-1897
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Salomon A. Andree 1896 Polar Expedition Collection
Summary
This collection consists of material relating to Salomon Andrée's unsuccessful 1896 expedition, including: two oversized prints; a photograph album labeled "Spitsbergen, 1896" which includes images of life on board the ship Virgo and the Örnen balloon; and a scrapbook containing mostly Swedish newspaper article accounts of the journey.
Biographical / Historical
Salomon August Andrée (1854-1897) was a pupil at the Technical Institute in Stockholm. During the 1870s and 1880s, Andrée became interested in both ballooning and meteorological and physical research in polar regions. In 1893, Andrée bought his first balloon and undertook various ascents, and by 1895 had put forth his plans for a balloon flight over the North Pole. The expedition was planned for the summer of 1896, but after reaching Spitsbergen, unfavorable weather conditions caused the flight to be canceled. Thus, the expedition commenced the following summer. Three days after takeoff, the balloon was forced to land, and the men - Andréee, Nils Strindberg, and Knut Fraenkel - spent six weeks trying to return to Spitsbergen before perishing. The remains of their last camp were not found until 1930.
Extent
0.51 Cubic feet ((2 flatboxes) (1 folder))
Date
1896
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Identifier
NASM.1994.0007
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Publications
Scrapbooks
Citation
Salomon A. Andrée 1896 Polar Expedition Collection, Acc. NASM.1994.0007####, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement
The Salomon A. Andrée 1896 Polar Expedition Collection-- is arranged by content type.
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Patti Williams, 1993. Digital assets attached by Allan Janus, 2020.
Rights
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Genre/Form
Photographs
Publications
Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of material relating to Salomon Andrée's unsuccessful 1896 expedition, including: two oversized prints; a photograph album labeled "Spitsbergen, 1896" which includes images of life on board the ship Virgo and the Örnen balloon; and a scrapbook containing mostly Swedish newspaper article accounts of the journey. Note: The digital images in this finding aid were repurposed from scans made by an outside contractor for a commercial product and may show irregular cropping and orientation in addition to color variations resulting from damage to and deterioration of the original objects.
Restrictions
No restrictions on access
NASM.1994.0007
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg25d2bf06b-a7c1-4056-8921-2d0b41c0875d
NASM.1994.0007
NASMAC
Record ID
ebl-1529512841215-1529512841217-0
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