I went to the Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon Museum and they had a special exhibit about the failed expedition to the North Pole by balloon. I ended up buying the only book in the gift shop about it (last copy, too!).
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The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andree and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration | 
I went to the Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon Museum and they had a special exhibit about the failed expedition to the North Pole by balloon. I ended up buying the only book in the gift shop about it (last copy, too!).
pickToday the temperature dipped down to -32 celsius and I spent the day rereading The Ice Balloon. I love this book and come back to it once every winter. The story of S.A Andrée and his attempt to reach the North Pole by hot air balloon. It would be laughable if it weren't so predictably horrible.
