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Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon.
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Salomon August Andrée
Swedish engineer, physicist, and explorer (1854–1897)
Salomon August Andrée, during his lifetime most often known as S. A. Andrée, was a Swedish engineer, physicist, aeronaut and polar explorer who died while leading an attempt to reach the Geographic North Pole by hydrogen balloon. The balloon expedition was unsuccessful in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Spitsbergen
Largest island of the Svalbard archipelago
Spitsbergen is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway in the Arctic Ocean.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
North Pole
Northernmost point on Earth
The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True North Pole to distinguish from the Magnetic North Pole.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Balloon
Inflatable flexible bag filled with gas
A balloon is a flexible membrane bag that can be inflated with a gas, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, oxygen, or air. For special purposes, balloons can be filled with smoke, liquid water, granular media, or light sources. Modern day balloons are made from materials…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)