Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author Wilkinson, Alec, 1952-

Title The ice balloon : S.A. Andrée and the heroic age of arctic exploration / Alec Wilkinson.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  910.911 WILKINSON    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY ANDREE    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  910.911 W659    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  910.911 WIL    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  910.9113 WILKINSON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  910.911 W65    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  910.911 WIL    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  910.911 WIL    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  919.804 WILKINSON    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  910.9113 WI    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-239).
Summary Documents the dramatic 1897 flight of a visionary Swedish explorer who attempted to discover the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon, describing the formidable environmental conditions that challenged his efforts.
Subject Andrée, Salomon August, 1854-1897.
Explorers -- Sweden -- Biography.
Balloon ascensions -- Arctic regions.
Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration.
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.
ISBN 9780307594808: $25.95
0307594807
-->
Add a Review