1897: The Andrée Polar Expedition

What a wonderful treat that video was Sir .. I wonder if any of those books mentioned at the end are still in print .. Thank you for bringing my evening so much joy .. Your Friend in the USA , Jeff Warren

Andrée thought he was soaring like a majestic eagle, but ended up sinking like a deflating balloon!

Who else saw the smiley face on the rock in the photo of the gravesite?

Where did they get the boat from?

A classic tale of hubris by those who failed to heed the warnings of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Of course those expeditions failed. They had neither the clothes for the cold weather nor the know-how of what to expect.

The entire project was ill advised but one line in the narration just flummoxed me. When listing the long string of possible causes of the deaths of the men, freezing to death was the last stated..."because thrir clothes were unsuited to the Arctic." Wait....what????!

This is the book that started my trip down the “crevasse “ rabbit hole. Sixty + books latter….. I’m still hooked. Andree was a fool. And he paid the price. He is right up there with Nobile.

Psychic mediums? LOL!

That was an interesting story, although sad. Thank you for sharing.

Uh...I would have voted for the "certain death" option, so I appreciate their bravery.

New sun for sure, this is really well done. Relaxing to watch at night after a long day

In a balloon? Really??????

Sad and doomed.

Great channel !

I think the Kroner has a hole in it for use as passage on the underground rail. Just kidding, I love Curious World and never would have known about this case.

Excited to fly

These young men were so brave that it’s borderline retarded

It takes men to pave the way - salute to you all 🎩

Absolutely stunning story - not sure whether I am impressed or dumbfounded - but we are hearing and talking of them here, so I guess his attempt reached the same goal - to be remembered for a fantastic attempt

Sad fools. There's a big difference between brave and prepared and stupid. Shackleton was brave and prepared and met with tragedy. Andree was a pure egomaniac.

Having read numerous books on Arctic exploration one common theme emerges: man’s chronic lack of respect for the whims and vagaries of mother nature.

Intriguing spiritual evidence 🤔

Bouy's and homing pigeons? This guy Andre has a light hold on reality even before ascending into the Arctic atmosphere. The drag ropes for steering or braking? After a few minutes pausing to comment is essential, 🤣 the narrator delivers the story deadpan flat. Professional l guess...
When it comes to blatant stupidity this polar balloon event is right up there 👏

Why do I now have the urge to benge watch the three stooges!?!

Romans 1:22

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools

I've often thought about the drag rope steering system. At first it seems doable....but after thinking it through, not at all practical - especially given the nature of rope at that time. Maybe an ultra-light, non-absorbing low-friction set of ropes could be made to work to a degree, but not those coarse water-soaking things. The more they drag, the lower you go because of friction. Now you try to haul them up - but their weight (now also heavier if wet) just brings you down more. Pretty impossible.

Next week will have Twos Day: 02/22/2022 and it’s a Tuesday. Is this a coincidence?

Just subbed Todd aka Dagon sent me

Excellent documentary, CW. It's a shame the bravery of these men was rewarded with such a fate, but I suppose that could not be helped with the preparations made.

i think Salomon was just pure bonkers, , he should of being in a secure unit on his own, i wonder at what point did he think about getting home with the other two lads, , my guess is he knew he was not going home,

Excellent follow up sad we saw a few images that had survived...keep it up

Those guys were damn fools

They did not wear in sufficiently warm clothes for the Arctic expedition. How can that even be considering they were Swedish. In Africa it said always bring enough gun when you go hunting. For artic explorers it should be modified always bring enough clothes.

they didnt bring good clothes? wtf

There are two theories of several others to why they died shortly after arrival to white Island. Strindberg seemed being killed by a Polar bear, probably easy target if ill of Botulism, caused by not always heated up the wild meat from captured seals, bears and other animals. The other two might have used drugs to sleep in when realising the illness and incoming winter sesson (darkness and very cold for months) would make it impossible to survive.

Amazing courage!

I saw Flight Of The Eagle in 1982 when it was released. Excellent film.

Thank you for this interesting video. Incredible courage displayed by those men. May they R.I.P.
🌲🌝☘️

Psychic mediums? 😆

Listening from the ukwales 2022❤️

My man Nils could easily pass for Jamie Hyneman. In fact, I bet nobody's ever seen them in the same room at the same time.

The poles never existed.
The only poles are those at strip clubs

Merci for this recount.

When I was a young child (10-12) in Sweden during the 1980's we had to read Sundman's book in class.