| #4030482 in Books | 2012-02-01 | Format: International Edition | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.74 x1.02 x5.55l,.0 | File type: PDF | 288 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Not your usual story|By Grady Holley|This book seems disjointed at first read as it jumps from story to story, decade to decade. In the end, I thought it worked, taking Andree's story which had little to distinguish from prior discovery tale and creating an excellent picture of land exploration on ice floes. Give the book time and you will enjoy.|0 of 1 people found the follow||'Wilkinson's writing is so flawless and engaging that I'd read him on a packed subway at rush hour.' Sebastian Junger 'The Ice Balloon tells a remarkable story, while also allowing those of other explorers and their ill-fated expeditions to float gracefully th
The story of the only person to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon, and the golden age of Polar Exploration. In August 1930, a Norwegian sloop, sailing in the Arctic Ocean, stopped at a remote island, where its crew members foudn a book, together with a boathook stamped 'Andree's Pol. Exp 1896'. Not far from the boat was a body leaning against a rock, with its frozen legs extended. They carefully opened the jacket the corpse was wearing. When they saw a large mon...
You easily download any file type for your device.Ice Balloon | Alec Wilkinson. Just read it with an open mind because none of us really know.
