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Salomon August Andrée.
Swedish engineer, balloon pioneer and explorer (1854–1897)
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About Salomon August Andrée
Salomon August Andrée, during his lifetime most often known as S. A. Andrée, was a Swedish engineer, physicist, aeronaut and polar explorer who died while leading an attempt to reach the Geographic North Pole by hydrogen balloon. The balloon expedition was unsuccessful in reaching the Pole and resulted in the deaths of all three of its participants.
Everything about Salomon August Andrée →- Occupation
- explorer, engineer, balloonist, mechanical engineer
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Born
- October 18, 1854
- Died
- 1897, October 1897