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The Doomed Arctic Balloon Expedition That Vanished For 30 Years

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On August 5, 1930, a group of men on a sealing expedition made their way across a rarely exposed ice sheet in the Svalbard Arctic Region along the Norwegian archipelago only to discover a scene that was long thought to have been lost to history. While the group, named the Bratvaag Expedition, had intended to hunt seals and study the structure of the glaciers in the area, they instead found themselves unintentionally excavating the remains of the disappeared S. A. Andr e Expedition, which had gone missing in that very region of the Arctic over 30 years before.
Date: 2023-03-22

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Comments and reviews: 7

Giancarlo
protection from extremely cold weather is one thing. pooping and peeing, does andrees' crew had any idea how are they gonna go #1 & #2 during the expedition?
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Karen
I live in Albuquerque where there is a balloon fiesta every year. I see them from the back yard and traveling to work. You couldn t pay me to get on one.
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Gary
I'd love to hear about the world's first balloon ride from the two French men. no I wouldn't be caught dead in a hot air balloon I'm afraid of heights
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btetschner
Speaking of the North Pole, I was Santa for three christmas programs. My father and younger brother were Santa for christmas programs too.
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T.
Well he had the right general idea at least. The first time any humans ever reached the North Pole was over 30 years later in an airship.
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ANGELIA
Microsoft Flight Simulator! I'd been wanting to check that out but couldn't think of the name (shows how dumb I can be. Thanks!
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Kay
But journal entries show that he maintained a chipper attitude in public, while mourning privately. We still do that today.
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