Visions of bright future

Picture I https://gamesandtehories.blogspot.com/ Kimmo Huosionmaa When Salomon Andrée's equipment and photographs were found in 1930 over 30 years after those men's death, was that case actually a miracle. There were more questions about that case and the first one was the age of his company. The two men who left with him were 27 years old Knut Fraekel (1870-1897) and 25 years old Nils Strindberg (1872-1897). Andrée (1854-1897) himself was 43. So why Andée choose those two men for his trip? Why didn't he take elder persons, who would have more life experience with him to that fatal trip? Was there something, what that man wanted to hide? Were those two men were chosen for the company, because they wanted to be addicted about Andrée, who was eldest and that too him the position, where he was the absolute authority. The balloon was put in the silk, and that material is quite difficult to repair. Sometimes there were claiming, that Andrée was murdered because there...

Famous picture of Andrée's balloon wreck https://gamesandtehories.blogspot.com/ Kimmo Huosionmaa Another very well known polar expedition was made by Salomon Andrée or S.A Andrée (1854-1897)  in 1897, and that trip was fatal for him and his two mates. The expedition seems very interesting because when Andrée left for his final journey, he used the hydrogen balloon, what was made of rubber. That means the balloon couldn't be fixed if something made the hole on it. And because the balloon was made of rubber, the refilling with hot air was impossible. There is the fatal design error in that balloon. If the air sailor wanted to use hydrogen balloon, should the rubber balloon put in the canvas balloon, what would make the trip safer. The problem with hydrogen balloon is, that it can raise very high, and be trimming the altitude must the hydrogen released from rubber balloon. And in the case of Andrée, this gas must be replaced by something. If the hydrogen balloon wou...