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The Andrée Arctic Balloon Expedition

July, 1897 — Svalbard

The adventurer Salomon August Andrée takes off in a leaking hydrogen balloon with his crew of 2 other men in an effort to be the first to reach the north pole.

By October, all 3 men were dead. They did not reach the north pole.

Only their photographs survived.

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2025

Nearly 100 years after the members of the expedition were found — along with their photographs — frozen in the ice, a team of filmmakers is bringing their story to life.