Salomon August Andrée

Salomon August Andrée (18 October 1854, Gränna, Småland – October 1897, Kvitøya, Arctic Norway), during his lifetime most often known as S. A. Andrée, was a Swedish engineer, physicist, aeronaut and polar explorer who died while leading an attempt to reach the Geographic North Pole by hydrogen balloon. The balloon expedition was unsuccessful in reaching the Pole and resulted in the deaths of all three of its participants.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon August Andrée
• Page 180 - Wilkinson, A., 2012, The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andree and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 239p