S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897

Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 was a failed Swedish effort to reach the North Pole, resulting in the deaths of all three expedition members, S. A. Andrée, Knut Frænkel, and Nils Strindberg.

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Which happened first?

• S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897 and Belgian Antarctic Expedition began in the same year
• S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897 began 1 year before Southern Cross Expedition
• S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897 began 4 years before Discovery Expedition (1901-1904)
• S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897 began 4 years after Nansen's Fram expedition (1893–1896)
• S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897 began 4 years before Gauss expedition

Timeline

1. Nansen's Fram expedition (1893–1896)1893–1896
2. Belgian Antarctic ExpeditionAugust 16, 1897 – November 5, 1899
3. S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897 (this page)July 1897 – October 1897
4. Southern Cross ExpeditionAugust 22, 1898 – April 1, 1900
5. Discovery Expedition (1901-1904)1901–1904
6. Gauss expeditionAugust 11, 1901 – 1903

Related

• Lewis and Clark ExpeditionMay 14, 1804 – September 23, 1806
• Amundsen's South Pole expeditionJune 3, 1910 – January 30, 1912
• Terra Nova ExpeditionJune 1, 1910 – June 14, 1913
• British Antarctic Expedition (1907–1909)August 1907 – March 1909
• Franklin's lost expeditionMay 19, 1845 – 1848
• Expedition EnduranceAugust 8, 1914 – January 1917
• Japanese Antarctic ExpeditionDecember 1, 1910 – June 20, 1912
• Shackleton–Rowett Expedition1921–1922