The Flight of the Eagle (1982)

The Flight of the Eagle (1982) - Drama Movies 140 minutes. Ingeniør Andrées luftferd, Kotkan lento, Den umulige drøm. The Swedish 19th century engineer Salomon August Andrée sets out to become the first man on the north pole. His idea is to launch a polar expedition using a hydrogen balloon, together with two friends. The balloon, "The Eagle", takes off from Svalbard in 1897, but the three men are not heard of again. sweden, hot air balloon, biography, north pole, explorer, polar exploration, 19th century