Meteorological aspects of Salomon August Andrée's attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon in 1897 based on 20CR data

• Main Author: Etling, Dieter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Stuttgart : Gebrueder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung 2017
• Subjects: Andrée; Arctic; Balloon; North Pole; Twentieth century reanalysis; balloon observation; exploration; meteorology; twentieth century; wind; Spitsbergen; Svalbard; Svalbard and Jan Mayen; ddc:550; ddc:551; Jan Mayen
• Online Access: http://www.repo.uni-hannover.de/handle/123456789/2631; https://doi.org/10.15488/2605

On 11 July 1897, a Swedish expedition under Salomon August Andrée attempted to reach the North Pole from Spitsbergen by balloon. The flight was terminated after only three days, as the weight of the balloon increased above a critical limit, due to an ice load caused by freezing fog and drizzle. Here...