"Reaching the North Pole was an international obsession during the late 19th century. Various countries devised plans for becoming the first to reach the pole, but no journey was as fascinating (or as doomed) as Sweden’s S.A. Andree’s mission to cross the Arctic in a hydrogen balloon."
http://mentalfloss.com/article/28413/disastrous-north-pole-balloon-mission-1897?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Partner&utm_campaign=DYK
Written by: Ethan Trex
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