LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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| The Departure of the Balloon, 11th of July, 1897 | [Frontispiece, in Colours] |
| Salomon Auguste Andrée | [9] |
| View of the Lower Part of the Balloon | [21] |
| Valves for Working the Balloon | [27] |
| The Balloon in the 96 feet Gallery of the Champ de Mars Exhibition | [35] |
| Start of the “Virgo” from Gothenburg, 7th of June, 1896 | [41] |
| Staff-Officers of the Expedition | [47] |
| The First Floating Icebergs | [55] |
| Dane’s Island and the Pike House | [63] |
| Dansk-Gatt | [69] |
| Arrival of a Generator | [77] |
| Arrival of a Gas Generator | [83] |
| The “Express”, the “Erline Jarl”, the “Virgo”, Departure of the “Victoria” | [91] |
| Dane’s Island | [97] |
| Smeerenburg Glaciers | [103] |
| The “Virgo”. Amsterdam Island | [109] |
| Arrival of the Car | [115] |
| An Excursion to Magdaleina Bay | [123] |
| Solar Observations at Magdaleina Bay | [129] |
| The “Virgo” decked for the 14th of July Fête | [135] |
| Strindberg | [141] |
| The Cupola of the Balloon (top of the Shed) | [147] |
| The Balloon in the Shed during its Deflation | [155] |
| The Shed and the Balloon Case | [161] |
| The Swedish Gunboat “Svensksund” | [169] |
| A Laplanders’ Camp | [175] |
| A Whale | [181] |
| Departure for a Hunting Expedition | [189] |
| On the Icebergs | [195] |
| Dane’s Island seen by the Midnight Sun | [203] |
| Ships among the Ice | [209] |
| The Balloon Case in the Ice | [217] |
| Landing the Car | [223] |
| View of the Apparatus for producing Hydrogen Gas for the Balloon | [229] |
| Placing a Generator | [235] |
| The Gas Apparatus | [243] |
| Sketch of the Construction of the Hydrogen Gas-Producing Apparatus | [247] |
| Getting the Balloon Case Ashore | [249] |
| On the Top of the Balloon | [257] |
| The Inflated Balloon in its Shed, the Northern Part of which has been removed in order to facilitate its Departure | [267] |
| The Members of the Expedition | [275] |
| On the Bridge of the “Svensksund,” Messrs. Fraenkel, Andrée, Svedenborg and Strindberg | [283] |
| K. Fraenkel | [291] |
| View of the Balloon taken immediately after its Departure | [297] |
| Facsimile of Andrée’s Last Message | [304] |
Andrée
SALOMON AUGUSTE ANDRÉE.