Title
Salomon-Auguste Andree
Caption
Salomon-Auguste Andree (centre) (1854-1897), Swedish engineer, with the men who accompanied on the fatal voyage to explore the North Pole (1897). On 11 July 1897 they set out by balloon. A carrier pigeon message received a few days later was the last trace of the expedition until their remains were found 33 years later east of Spitsbergen.
From "La Navigation Aerienne" by J Lecornu (Paris, 1910).
Date
1910
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP07115_011225P
License type
Rights managed
Available size
26,3Mb (2,4Mb) / 8,7in x 11,8in / 2596 x 3543 (300dpi)