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Met "De Adelaar" naar de Pool

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Uitgegeven naar aanleiding van Andrée's pooltocht in het jaar 1897, naar aantekeningen, gevonden op Het Witte Eiland, in de zomer van 1930, afkomstig van S.A. Andrée. Nils Strindberg en Knut Frænkel

285 pages, Hardcover

First published October 24, 1930

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Profile Image for Niklas Laninge.
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March 12, 2024
Boken som sådan är mest återgivning av medlemmarnas anteckningar samt ett par spännande historier från de som hittade gänget 30 år senare.

Det mest intressanta med boken är att studera hur den skiljer sig från Bea Uusmas Expeditionen. Jag tänker att hennes är en betydligt mer korrekt beskrivning men en sak som slår mig är hur samtiden kraftigt påverkar hur Andree och gänget beskrivs.

I ”Örnen” är de modiga hjältar och tekniska genier som trots motgångar ändå samlar in prover och observationer. I Uusmas är de naiva stockholmare vars främsta egenskap var att övertyga finansiärer. De var oförberedda och gick tanklöst och samlade jord och andra prover utan att riktigt veta varför.

Örnen-boken är uppenbart färgad av de nationalistiska strömningarna som rådde under 1930-talet men nog vore det naivt att tänka att Uusmas tolkning inte påverkats av sin samtid.
Profile Image for Jochen Klug.
32 reviews1 follower
December 23, 2025
Andrée, Strindberg & Frænkel: Med Örnen mot polen. (1932)

Efter dryga 30 år hittas kvarlevorna av de tre polarfararna på Vitön och deras historia berättas visa deras anteckningar och dagböcker.

Bra upptakt inför kommande böcker på listan. Min mor läste den som ett spännande äventyr.

#kluglæserbog
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December 28, 2018
Fascinating story about three swedish discoverers seeking to reach the North Pole in a ballon, Ørnen, in 1896/7. Detailed reconstruction of the events including diary entries, pictures and reports. Not sure if there is an English translation.
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June 3, 2022
Interesting history about 3 men who ballooned to the North Pole but I would rather settle for a Wikipedia explanation than reading 250 pages
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July 29, 2012
It always amazes me how early explorers had the courage to do what they did. This is especially true of polar exploration. I mean what would it take to head off into the polar regions in a balloon?? Prior to reading this book, I had never heard of the Andrée expedition so I am glad bookcrossing gave me this opportunity to read about it. This book reminded me of some of the biographies I read growing up in the 1960s - it was nostalgic in a way. I was also a fan of Jules Verne growing up and this expedition could have come straight from his pen! Overall a very fascinating story. It is definitely amazing how the story and photos were preserved and discovered over 30 years after the fateful balloon voyage. The mystery of why Andrée and his crew perished is also very interesting. The writer of the introduction to the book is quite sure they perished by carbon monoxide poisoning from their cooking stove, however, if you read the Wikipedia article the theory that the men succumbed to trichinosis that they got from eating undercooked polar bear meat is suggested along with some other theories (highly suggest reading this article in addition to the book).
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March 26, 2017
I am reading this as research for a project that I am working on. I found it to be a very thorough account of what happened both the Andrée, Strindberg, and Fraenkel as well as the explorers who found their remains 30 years later on White Island. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
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