A Balloon Expedition

In 1897 three Swedes set out from Svalbard on an 0.expeditionexpedite to the North Pole by hot air balloon under the lead of S.A.

Andree. Although all three men were experienced balloon , they

continued to have question faith in the effectiveness of their

equipment despite considerable evidence of the effect of the balloon's steering system which Andree had designed

himself. Also, the polar balloon had not go the normal testing procedure for hydrogen balloons but none of

the three men, would in any way know the serious

imply that this had for the likely fate of their voyage.
Soon after their departure on July 7th, it was noticed

that consider amounts of hydrogen were escaping from the balloon

but the three men were unconcerned by the amount of leak . Unfortunately, as the balloon gained altitude, this loss

of gas soon quick and so, after a brief flight of ten hours and twenty-nine minutes the balloon crash-landed on pack-ice where the three explorers attempted to continue their journey on foot. Their bodies were eventually recovered from the ice thirty-three years later.