The story of the only person to attempt to reach the North Pole by
balloon, and the golden age of Polar Exploration. In August 1930 a
Norwegian sloop sailing in the Arctic Ocean moored at a remote
island. Here, the crew members found a body leaning against a rock.
When they saw a large monogram 'A' on the body's jacket, they
realized who the unfortunate adventurer had been: S. A. Andree, the
Swede who, in 1897, set off to discover the North Pole, one of the
last unmapped places on earth. The Ice Balloon is the story of the
heroic era of polar exploration, and the dream of conquering one of
the most inhumane landscapes on earth. In this golden age of
discovery, Andree's ambition was the most original and remarkable.
For, of the thousand or so people who had gone looking for the
Pole, most of whom perished on the way, only Andree used a balloon.
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