The ice balloon S.A. Andrée and the heroic age of arctic exploration

In this grand and astonishing account, Alec Wilkinson brings us the story of S. A. Andrée, the visionary Swedish aeronaut who, in 1897, during the great age of Arctic endeavor, left to discover the North Pole by flying to it in a hydrogen balloon. Called by a British military officer "the most orig...

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Main Author: Wilkinson, Alec, 1952-
Other Authors: Pruden, John (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: [Ashland, Ore.] : Blackstone Audio, p2012.
Edition:Unabridged.
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