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  • The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andree and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration

    The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andree and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration - Paperback

    The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andree and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration - Paperback

    By Alec Wilkinson

About Alec Wilkinson

Alec Wilkinson began writing for The New Yorker in 1980. Before that, he was a policeman in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, and before that a rock-and-roll musician. He has published eight other books--two memoirs, two collections of essays, two biographical portraits, and two pieces of reporting. His honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Lyndhurst Prize, and a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He lives with his wife and son in New York City.