Introduction
The Aerial Vessel Description of the Balloon for Andrée’s Polar Expedition, and the Appliances Constructed at the Aerostatic Workshops of Vaugirard.
FIRST PART TWO MONTHS AT SPITZBERGEN
I The Departure
II Out at Sea
III The Installation
IV The Victoria —Bear Hunting
V The Midnight Sun
VI National Fête
VII The Inflation
VIII The Erline Jarl
IX The Snow
X A Long Wait
XI The Fram
XII The Storm
XIII My last Night on the Virgo
XIV The Return
SECOND PART
I Departure of the Second Expedition
II Arrival at Spitzbergen
III Preparations at Dane’s Island
IV The Landing and Preparation of the Balloon—The Inflation
V Amusements at Spitzbergen—Testing the Gas-Tightness of the Balloon—Arrival of the Vessels Express and Lofoten
VI The Last Preparations—Anticipations
VII Before the Departure—Waiting for the South Wind
VIII The Departure
The Last Message from Andrée
