The 1931 Polar Flight of the Airship Graf Zeppelin -
An Historical Perspective
Photo Credits:
The Graf Zeppelin practicing a water landing... is adapted from a photo appearing in
   Eckener's My Zeppelins.
The photo of Count Zeppelin is taken from a widely-published photo, origin unknown,
  original possibly in the possession of the Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany..
The Andrée party landing on the ice... is taken from a widely-published photo, original in the
  possession of the Andrée Museum, Gränna, Sweden
The Zeppelin expedition...is adapted from from a photo appearing in the 1911 book, Mit
  Zeppelin nach Spitzbergen.
The Norge at mast... is based on a widely-distributed 1920s era postcard.
The Zeppelin mail is pictured in the Wes Thorn collection.
Original maps in the PolarFlight Research Forum collection
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THE AERIAL EXPLORATION OF THE NORTH POLAR REGIONS
1897-1939
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