Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Sweden
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1930
gptkbp:documentedIn diaries and photographs recovered in 1930
gptkbp:endDate 1897
gptkbp:goal reach the North Pole by hydrogen balloon
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Salomon_August_Andrée
gptkbp:location gptkb:Svalbard
gptkbp:notableFor early attempt to reach the North Pole by air
tragic outcome
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Knut_Frænkel
gptkb:Nils_Strindberg
gptkb:Salomon_August_Andrée
gptkbp:remainsFoundAt gptkb:Kvitøya
gptkbp:result all members perished
gptkbp:startDate 1897-07-11
gptkbp:status failed
gptkbp:subjectOf book "Andrée's Story" by Alec Wilkinson
book "The Flight of the Eagle" by Per Olof Sundman
documentary "Expeditionen"
gptkbp:vehicleType gptkb:hydrogen_balloon_"Örnen"_(The_Eagle)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:S._A._Andrée
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7