In 1897, Swedish engineer Salomon August Andrée and two companions tried to reach the North Pole in the hydrogen balloon Örnen ("Eagle"), but came down north of Kvitøya, the northeasternmost part of the Svalbard archipelago. They trekked to Kvitøya but died there three months after their crash. In 1930 the remains of this expedition were found by the Norwegian Bratvaag Expedition.
In 1897, Swedish engineer Salomon August Andrée and two companions tried to reach the North Pole in the hydrogen balloon Örnen ("Eagle"), but came down north of, Kvitøya, the northeasternmost part of the Svalbard archip,elago. They trekked to Kvitøya but died there three months after their crash. In 1930 the remains of this! expedition were found by the Norwegian Bratvaag Expedition.