On 28 May 200, explorer David Hempleman-Adams took off from Norway, in an attempt to become the first man ever to have reached the North Pole by balloon. He had chosen to fly in a fragile wicker basket in order to pay homage to three Swedes who, in 1897, has also taken off for the Pole in a gas balloon, but had perished on the ice cap ...
"On 28 May 200, explorer David Hempleman-Adams took off from Norway, in an attempt to become the first man ever to have reached the North Pole by balloon. He had chosen to fly in a fragile wicker basket in order to pay homage to three Swedes who, in 1897, has also taken off for the Pole in a gas balloon, but had perished on the ice cap ..."@en
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