January 28, 2012
"When he perished, Strindberg had his fiancée’s photograph in his pocket. Decades later, upon her death, she asked for the ashes of her heart to be buried with him."

I loved every single page of this book.

The Ice Balloon - S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration - By Alec Wilkinson - Book Review - NYTimes.com

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