NORTH POLE Andrée Salomon August Small archive relating to

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(NORTH POLE.) (Andrée, Salomon August.) Small archive relating to the failed Andrée balloon expedition to the North Pole, consisting of 12 silver print photographs, being contemporary copy prints of those made from the original negatives when the bodies and belongings of the explorers were recovered, 9 telegrams sent to Hearst Newspaper's European correspondent William Hillman, and 12 newspapers (or portions) carrying the story of the discovery of the frozen explorers. The photographs, shot by Andree himself, show provisions and equipment piled up in preparation for the long journey over ice, their first polar bear, foraging for food and frigid scenes of camp life. Photographs measure approximately 6x8 inches. Vp, 1930

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On July 11, 1897, Andrée and his aeronaut Swedish companions Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel set out on an ill-fated balloon expedition to the North Pole. Three days later the explorers landed on an Arctic floe 180 miles from land, anchored there, and abandoned the balloon. After 3 months of hiking through the ice, the explorers succumbed to the cold and lack of supplies. Thirty-three years later, their bodies--along with Andrée's diary and several film cannisters--were discovered. The newspapers in this archive publish several of the images found here and also give a good account of the process by which the damaged, wet, and exposed film was developed.