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S. A. Andrée and Knut Frænkel with the balloon on the pack ice, photographed by the third expedition member, Nils Strindberg. The exposed film for thi
S. A. Andrée and Knut Frænkel with the balloon on the pack ice, photographed by the third expedition member, Nils Strindberg. The exposed film for this photograph and others from the failed 1897 expedition was recovered in 1930.
The station at Spitsbergen, from a photochrom print at the end of the nineteenth century
The station at Spitsbergen, from a photochrom print at the end of the nineteenth century
The explorers minutes before takeoff on 11 July
The explorers minutes before takeoff on 11 July
Frænkel (left) and Strindberg with the first polar bear shot by the explorers
Frænkel (left) and Strindberg with the first polar bear shot by the explorers
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Temporary research station of German-Swiss expedition on the sea ice at the Geographic North Pole. Drillings at the landing site at 90°N showed an ave
Temporary research station of German-Swiss expedition on the sea ice at the Geographic North Pole. Drillings at the landing site at 90°N showed an average ice thickness of 2.5 metres on April 16, 1990
This pressure ridge at the North Pole is about 1 km long, formed between two ice floes of multi-year ice.
This pressure ridge at the North Pole is about 1 km long, formed between two ice floes of multi-year ice.
Nansen's ship Fram in the Arctic ice
Nansen's ship Fram in the Arctic ice
Peary's sledge party at what they claimed was the North Pole, 1909. From left: Ooqueah, Ootah, Henson, Egingwah, and Seeglo.
Peary's sledge party at what they claimed was the North Pole, 1909. From left: Ooqueah, Ootah, Henson, Egingwah, and Seeglo.