Expeditionen : min kärlekshistoria

by Bea Uusma

Paper Book, 2013

Status

Available

Call number

919.804

Genres

Publication

Stockholm : Norstedt, 2013

Description

11 July, 1897. Three men set out in a hydrogen balloon bound for the North Pole. They never return. Two days into their journey they make a crash landing then disappear into a white nightmare. 33 years later. The men's bodies are found, perfectly preserved under the snow and ice. They had enough food, clothing and ammunition to survive. Why did they die? 66 years later. Bea Uusma is at a party. Bored, she pulls a books off the shelf. It is about the expedition. For the next fifteen years, Bea will think of nothing else... Can she solve the mystery of The Expedition?

User reviews

LibraryThing member nanalb

This book is a MUST for folks interested in polar exploration. Similar to Terra Incognita, it's a modern (female) author looking back to the great age of exploration- in this case the Andree expedition by balloon to the North Pole in 1897.
Wow! I loved it, couldn't put it down. The research that

author Bea Uusma did to get at the bottom of the expeditioners' demise (including med school) was not only thorough but presented in a way that brought the story to (my) life.
Hopefully this gets translated to english quickly! There are alot of english-speaking-polar-exploration-fans who will love this book. (And right now I'm feeling lucky to be swe-eng bilingual!)

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