Andree's Arctic Balloon Expedition

Citation Needed

Citation Needed Media

Culture, Humor, Popculture, Satire, Wikipedia, Comedy, Society, Wiki, Society & Culture, Politics, News

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 was an effort to reach the North Pole in which all three expedition members perished. S. A. Andrée, the first Swedish balloonist, proposed a voyage by hydrogen balloon from Svalbard to either Russia or Canada, which was to pass, with luck, straight over the North Pole on the way. The scheme was received with patriotic enthusiasm in Sweden, a northern nation that had fallen behind in the race for the North Pole.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The worst part was the face nuke.
0:03.0	What? I love that part.
0:05.0	When they drove their sub faster than an explosion.
0:09.0	You're watching a movie about giant lizards.
0:11.0	You want subs to go just realistic speeds?
0:14.0	Yes, I would.
0:16.0	Damn it, the studio door is locked.
0:19.0	Hold on a second.
0:20.0	My key doesn't work.
0:22.0	Oh, Jesus.
0:23.0	Hey guys!
0:24.0	You like, you know what's going on with the studio?
0:26.0	Yeah.
0:27.0	Yeah, I do because I got us a new studio.
0:30.0	It is so awesome.
0:31.0	It has the best view.
0:32.0	You guys are going to love it.
0:34.0	You got us a new one?
0:35.0	Yeah.
0:36.0	This week is the Arctic balloon expedition.
0:39.0	And I thought what better way to be a top podcast than, you know, be a literal top podcast?
0:47.0	I want my old studio.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Citation Needed Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Citation Needed Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.