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A photochrom of the base at Spitsbergen, Norway, from which S. A. Andrée launched his ill-fated 1897 Arctic balloon expedition, an attempt to reach the North Pole via hydrogen balloon, in which all three crew members died. They survived for three months after their crash, but their remains were not discovered until 1930.Image credit: Detroit Publishing Co.