The Ice Balloon

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by ALEC WILKINSON | History |
ISBN: 9780307594808 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingGoryDetailswing of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 5/25/2019
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Journal Entry 1 by wingGoryDetailswing from Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Saturday, May 25, 2019
I got this ex-library hardcover from Better World Books for another release copy. I've read several books about Andree and his expedition, including Andrée's Story, and this one's an interesting addition.

I found this book intriguing, not merely for the capable account of that fascinating and tragic expedition, its loss, and the discovery of the remains some thirty years after the balloon first drifted out of site, but also for the many entries about other arctic expeditions, not all of which I'd heard of before. The trials experienced by those lost in the Arctic were often appalling, and in many cases I found it hard to believe that those who survived could possibly have done so...

I was surprised at the number of polar explorers whose paths crossed, sometimes in the most remote of locations - and occasionally at the perfect time to save someone's life.

Fascinating account!

[For a more personal look at the expedition - still fact-based and scientific, but woven with excerpts from the personal letters of the expedition members and the loved ones they left behind - see Bea Uusma's The Expedition.]

Journal Entry 2 by wingGoryDetailswing at Durham, New Hampshire USA on Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Released 4 yrs ago (7/17/2019 UTC) at Durham, New Hampshire USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

I'm taking this to BCer Iddylu at our mini-meet. (This is the one I was telling you about, concerning the attempt to reach the North Pole via hot-air balloon.) Enjoy!

Journal Entry 3 by wingIddyluwing at Durham, New Hampshire USA on Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Thank you! Reserving to take on an upcoming trip.

Journal Entry 4 by wingIddyluwing at See release notes for details in Qeqertarsuaq, Qeqertalik Greenland on Monday, August 12, 2019

Released 4 yrs ago (8/20/2019 UTC) at See release notes for details in Qeqertarsuaq, Qeqertalik Greenland

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

I plan to leave this book somewhere in Qeqertarsuaq! Of course, I'm not there yet, but I won't have internet when I am there so I'm making my release notes ahead of time. Once I'm home, I'll add more details about the release location and a picture.

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Left on a picnic table while walking around town.

Journal Entry 5 by wingAnonymousFinderwing at Ilulissat, Avannaata Greenland on Friday, August 23, 2019
Found in Disko Island. Left in Qasigiannguit, Disko Bay Hotel.

Enjoyed dipping into the book on the ferry over. Great to read whilst in Greenland

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