Anna Charlier re-imagines the dramatic journey of her fiance Nils Strindberg, looking at the pictures he took during the famous 1897 Polarex Expedition in his role as the mission's photographer. Departing from Spitsbergen on July 11, ...See moreAnna Charlier re-imagines the dramatic journey of her fiance Nils Strindberg, looking at the pictures he took during the famous 1897 Polarex Expedition in his role as the mission's photographer. Departing from Spitsbergen on July 11, mechanical engineer and pioneering Swedish balloonist S. A. Andrée, Strindberg and arctic explorer Knut Frænkel attempted the first balloon flight to the North Pole. They set off with great fanfare, observed by politicians and the international press. They never came back.
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