S. A. Andr?e, Swedish Engineer and Polar Explorer

Salomon August Andr?e (October 18, 1854 - October 1897), most often known as S.A. Andr?e, was a Swedish engineer, physicist, aeronaut and polar explorer. He attended the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1874. As a scientist, he published scientific journals about air electricity, conduction of heat, and inventions. Supported by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and funded by King Oscar II and Alfred Nobel, his polar exploration project was the subject of enormous interest, seen as a brave and patriotic. The expedition was well equipped for traveling on the ice (three sledges and a boat) and had supplies for three months. The balloon expedition was unsuccessful in reaching the Pole and resulted in the deaths of all three of its participants engineer Knut Frankel, photographer Nils Strindberg and Andr?e. The remains of the three men were found in 1930 by the Norwegian Bratvaag Expedition. Since the 1960's, his status as a national hero has become questioned

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