<div>In July of 1897, three men were carried into the sky inside a hydrogen balloon with the goal of being the first to reach the North Pole. The fate of their ambitious expedition remained a mystery for decades until the 1930’s, when a chance discovery unveiled the location of their final camp. But that revelation only gave rise to more puzzling questions  we are still trying to answer today.

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Sources:</strong>  <a href="https://www.history.com/news/andree-expedition-arctic-hot-air-balloon-1896">History</a>, <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/04/19/the-ice-balloon">The New Yorker</a>, <a href="https://balloonmuseum.com/a-brief-history-of-hot-air-ballooning/">Balloon Museum,</a> <a href="https://www.aurora-expeditions.com/destination/anz-subantarctic-islands/#:~:text=Kvit%C3%B8ya%20(White%20Island),of%20the%20Arctic%20for%20decades.">Aurora Expeditions</a>, <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/svalbard-norway">National Geographic</a>, <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-discovered-the-north-pole-116633746/">Smithsonian</a>
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Scary Interesting</a> <strong>,</strong> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=6b3f31f01ee4029f&q=grenna+museum&udm=7&fbs=ABzOT_CWdhQLP1FcmU5B0fn3xuWpA-dk4wpBWOGsoR7DG5zJBjnSuuKZNj-6zieDk_gkn6DL72A7ut7DhWF7xFwTndjmJARkDooRNVvu4Aja6Pa3bifj4CXaS_3qi-N-j6yIDSB4lfcn8z6rxQMK6MvJ30Y82w6s6ltXvSdnDRiacHrIKvwFSbh7w69xtizlPoOYEEbvgsIy3jzg0WkFg5k6_wWcTs8EWw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZsbffiNCLAxWMFVkFHdJ8M0sQtKgLegQICBAB&biw=1144&bih=701&dpr=2#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:ac9817bf,vid:Z2bo9GjHJ2g,st:0">A Nordic Heart</a>

Book – The Expedition: Solving a Polar Tragedy by Bea Uusma

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