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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Salomon A. Andree 1896 Polar Expedition Collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1994.0007
- Creators:
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Andrée, Salomon August, 1854-1897
- Dates:
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1896
- Languages:
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Collection is inSwedishandRussian.
- Physical Description:
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0.51 Cubic feet(2 flatboxes) (1 folder)
- Repository:
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.
Scope and Contents
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.
Arrangement
Arrangement
The Salomon A. Andrée 1896 Polar Expedition Collection-- is arranged by content type.
Biographical / Historical
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.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Peter Gustafson, gift, 1993, 1994-0007, NASM
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Patti Williams, 1993. Digital assets attached by Allan Janus, 2020.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
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Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Preferred Citation
Salomon A. Andrée 1896 Polar Expedition Collection, Acc. NASM.1994.0007####, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
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Aeronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Balloons | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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Scrapbooks | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Andrée, Salomon August, 1854-1897 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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