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Original - The S. A. Andrée station at Spitsbergen, from a photochrom print at the end of the nineteenth century.
Edit 1 - Selective sharpening and denoising.
Reason
The base at Spitsbergen for the unsuccessful S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897, which attempted to fly over the North Pole by balloon. Photochrom image from the end of the nineteenth century. Restored version of Image:Andrees Station.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Spitsbergen, S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897
Creator
Detroit Publishing Co.

Promoted Image:Andrees Station3.jpg MER-C 04:02, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]