The Expedition: A Love Story - Solving the Mystery of a Polar Tragedy

On July 11th, 1897, three men set out in a hydrogen balloon bound for the North Pole. Led by engineer August Soloman Andrée, they want to make history, but are frighteningly under-prepared. Three days into their journey they make a crash landing & disappear into a white nightmare. They never return. 33 years later, the men's bodies & equipment are found buried beneath the snow & ice on a deserted glacier. They had enough food, clothing, & ammunition to survive. Why did they die? 100 years later, Bea Uusma is at a party. She pulls a book off a shelf about the Andrée Expedition. For the next 15 years, Bea will think of nothing else. This is her journey to uncover the truth.

Mari Beatrice "Bea" Uusma, previously Uusma Schyffert, is a Swedish author, illustrator & medical doctor.

Agnes Broomé is a literary translator & academic in Scandinavian studies at Harvard University. With a PhD in translation studies, her translations include August Prize winners The Expedition by Bea Uusma & The Book of Eels by Patrik Svensson.