The first two attempts to reach this remote and frigid outpost by air are examined, starting with a failed balloon attempt by a Swedish engineer in 1897. 31 illustrations.
The first two attempts to reach this remote and frigid outpost by air are examined, starting with a failed balloon attempt by a Swedish engineer in 1897. 31 illustrations.
P. J. CAPELOTTI is a lecturer in the social sciences department at Pennsylvania State University at Abington and the author of Our Man in the Crimea: Commander Hugo Koehler and the Russian Civil War. He is a Fellow of the Explorers Club and a member of the advisory board for the Program in Maritime History and Archaeology at the University of Hawaii.
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List of Illustrations Preface A Select Chronology of Northern Expeditions and Events A Note on Norwegian Geography Introduction PART ONE - History: The aerial Polar expeditions of Salomon A. Andre e and Walter Wellman, 1896-1909 1 Saint of Swedes: The Implacable Mr. Andre e 2 The Greatest Show in the Arctic: The Unsinkable Mr. Wellman PART TWO - Archaeology: Exploring the aerial Polar base camps of Salomon A. Andre e and Walter Wellman on Danes Island, Spitsbergen, 1993 3 Arctic Ghosts: Technology and Memory on the Island of Airships 4 The Spam What Am: Advertising in Search of a North Pole 5 Broken Dreams: The Airship Wrecks of Danes Island 6 Gasbag or Windbag: Was Wellman a Liar? Conclusion: Virgo Harbor and the Archeology of Failure Acknowledgments Notes Select Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Preface A Select Chronology of Northern Expeditions and Events A Note on Norwegian Geography Introduction PART ONE - History: The aerial Polar expeditions of Salomon A. Andre e and Walter Wellman, 1896-1909 1 Saint of Swedes: The Implacable Mr. Andre e 2 The Greatest Show in the Arctic: The Unsinkable Mr. Wellman PART TWO - Archaeology: Exploring the aerial Polar base camps of Salomon A. Andre e and Walter Wellman on Danes Island, Spitsbergen, 1993 3 Arctic Ghosts: Technology and Memory on the Island of Airships 4 The Spam What Am: Advertising in Search of a North Pole 5 Broken Dreams: The Airship Wrecks of Danes Island 6 Gasbag or Windbag: Was Wellman a Liar? Conclusion: Virgo Harbor and the Archeology of Failure Acknowledgments Notes Select Bibliography Index
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