Sketch of the Day #8
S. A. Andre, a Swedish engineer and balloon enthusiast, launched an expedition to fly from Sweden over the North Pole, into Russia or Northern Canada. The flight ended in disaster, the balloon proving faulty and poorly designed. Andre and this two companions set out across the ice with the supplies they could carry, armed with rifles and an old camera. One of the men shot well over two hundred pictures of the team traveling, hunting and even wrestling with the ill-fated balloon. They survived by hunting and building shelters on the ice, but were constantly cold, wet and malbourished. After nearly a month, the three men perished on an island in the Arctic Circle.
33 years later, the final campsite of the explorers was discovered. Among the remains was undeveloped photographic film that was successfully exposed to reveal a glimpse of their journey.
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