S. A. Andrée
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| S. A. Andrée | |
|---|---|
 Photo portrait, taken 27 May 1896 | |
| Born | 18 October 1854 Gränna, Småland, Sweden |
| Died | c. October 1897 (aged 42–43) Kvitøya, Arctic Norway |
| Burial | 1930 Norra Begravningsplatsen, Solna, Sweden |
| Alma mater | Royal Institute of Technology at Stockholm (1874) |
Salomon August Andrée (October 18, 1854 - unknown; presumed October 1897) was a Swedish engineer and physicist who became famous as an aeronautics enthusiast and polar explorer who led a failed expedition to reach the geographic North Pole in a hydrogen balloon.
Reading
- Andrée, S. A.; Strindberg, Nils; Frænkel, Knut; Adams-Ray, Edward (1930), Andrée's Story: the Complete Record of His Polar Flight, 1897. From the Diaries and Journals of S. A. Andrée, Nils Strindberg, and K. Frænkel, Found on White Island in the Summer of 1930, New York: Viking Press
- Wilkinson, Alec (2012), The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration, New York: Alfred A. Knopf