Let Me Tell You About... The Hot Air Balloon North Pole Expedition

Salomon August Andrée had a dream. In 1897 he and his companions Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel would be the first to fly a hot air balloon over the North Pole! (Or die trying!)
Their story inspired their fellow Swedes, HP Lovecrafts 'At The Mountains of Madness,' and countless other adventurers-at-heart to follow on their stead. Hopefully they would have a better plan.
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Talking Points: Project paperclip, the age of heroic exploration, the explorers club, flouride apples, feeling up gas-holes, balloon safety tips, giga-looners, mylarbaloonfan 1800, DragonBallZ Architecture, inside people, eat it or yeet it, white wastelands, ice, snow, cold, cold icy snow and several of the best jokes of 1897.
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[@allisonfink8883]

I've been listening to you guys since 2017 and this is honestly in my top 3, I was not tall enough to ride this rollercoaster of an episode

[@LetMeTellYouAbout]

Much like an 1800's Fair goer

[@spazzls4090]

this is the only podcast to make me lol

[@ThatguycalledJoe]

Tad I can't believe you'd call that emergency boat what you did. There's no way it was a screw steamer, so the S.S. prefix is completely inappropriate. Shame on you for spreading misinformation.

[@popgunpanic2390]

I thought the difference between let me tell you about, and somewhat accurate history was that let me tell you about has to have atleast 1 homestuck reference

[@esseubot]

Yeah this one should've been a LMTYA because it was centered around a bad idea that just kept getting more awful as it goes on

[@theanonymousmrgrape5911]

Very solid episode, if you’re ever planning to do another episode on idealistic and underprepared people who *spoilers* get themselves killed unnecessarily in the arctic; might I suggest the story of Christopher McCandless.

[@Stormfin]

Followup to that, the Shackleton Expedition. It gets outright Quixotic at times.

[@LetMeTellYouAbout]

I'll check it out!

[@spazzls4090]

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DUDE THE FEELS

[@spazzls4090]

@@LetMeTellYouAbout There's an entire book I had to read for my sophomore english class

[@Stormfin]

@@spazzls4090 Shackleton? Yeah, I had to do it too. It got kinda funny with how miserable it got.

[@therealmrmago9077]

the boys are back in town

[@thehillz726]

@@ShadeBoi the boyz are back in tooowwwwwnnnnn

[@IanJHelm]

The boys are back in town.

[@TheMayocat]

The heart thing with the wife wasn't too unusual at the time (but probably more popular in the 1800s) in Europe. Lots of famous people or their families would often request the heart to be burried in a different place than the body. I've learned about so many historical figures that had it done to them that I never considered it might seem weird to anyone haha!

[@whocares9171]

That last journal entry give me actual fucking chills

[@maxpitchkites]

Cool balloon fact's: Salomon August Andree is the alternative universe version of Adolph Sax, possibly also a victim of time travel as suggested by the mysterious journal entry.

[@LetMeTellYouAbout]

Oh shiiiiit

[@johnguidoiv6431]

When Tad does it, can we call these LMTYA’s and when Aleks does it we call them SWAH’s?

[@jewjewsbizarreadventure]

Been watching you guys for a while now and this has to be my fave! If you're looking for suggestions, I'd recommend the history of Thailand or the Phillipines! Both are pretty overlooked historically speaking

[@Freedom0451]

Listened on Spotify but wanted to comment to say that the episode was great. We need a biopic of this asap and I say we need Joe in the lead role

[@Isaaxz123]

GARY GARY GARY GARY GARY

[@thehillz726]

could some one please explain what thats a refernce too

[@IanJHelm]

@@thehillz726 Someone named Gary, I would think.

[@thehillz726]

@@IanJHelm hmm hadden't thought of that

[@derekghost9543]

I love you two goobs like you wouldn't believe.

[@Stormfin]

I love it that after the igloo, both of you stopped enjoying their mess-ups. It just stopped being funny after a point.

[@mathieuleader8601]

my ancestor invented kendal mint cake to help Shackleton on his voyage

[@LetMeTellYouAbout]

I don't know what any of that means but good on ya

[@NOyaLzuMu]

tad is full of hot air

[@blueduderecreation2103]

Another perfect podcast to listen to on the long drive to work.

[@josephstalin6286]

*reads title* Oh no..

[@jackhazardous4008]

I love the way you guys laugh when everything goes to shit

[@masterkillx]

ayyy bois we getting close to Russia again

[@ohitsstar1241]

Aw fuck its my favorite podcast that’s not Revival: a Dungeons and Dragons podcast.

[@dramaticallyread]

One of your best episodes.

[@onemanlegion3274]

Guest starring Andrew Dobson.

[@jurassicparkboy]

I'd honestly think a revisit to this topic of the golden age of polar exploration would be so cool. Aleks' mentioning of the story of the Lost Franklin Expedition would make for a legendary episode in itself. The story is unbelievably bleak.

[@nickname5447]

Finally finished listening to this today. Surprisingly depressing actually. I think I'll stick to my Adolf Sax for now.

[@LetMeTellYouAbout]

He had the heart of a champion

[@Stormfin]

Oh...oh, this one. The Scary one.

[@radioman7986]

They should have taken the hilen burg

[@ohitsstar1241]

Rip

[@WilTheNyanCharmander]

Only this podcast would bring up homestuck when talking about fucking Antarctica exploration

[@chocolatenekokitty]

Tad I love your SWAH/LMTYA episodes lately-- the last two have been so fucking interesting. Keep it up!

[@thehillz726]

do you guys have a link to the story about the Russian guy ? his story sounds trippy as hell

[@UsingGorillaLogic]

Another tad episode? What a double whammy green eggs and hammy!

[@jamiep9991]

The whole heart removal thing was probably connected to some old superstitions about the undead from ancient Europe.

[@theocarinaboi687]

very pog

[@Ikcatcher]

Oh boy time for my monthly history class

[@Briesuke]

WOOYEAH

[@Frerichs1962]

So are you guys are going to do a video on HMS Terror now?

[@MsBloodyFox]

The story of the HMS Terror is truly terrifying.

[@PK-starstorm1995]

Those wacky swedes...

[@hamlordofpork]

Thank you homies

[@rayeon]

Discord Boyz arrive

[@ohitsstar1241]

Hell yea

[@LochNessHamster]

Your voices do not match your portraits at all. I always assumed the deep voiced, less geeky one was the buzzcut dude that kind of looks like Phil Anselmo from Pantera, and the Hatsune Miku obsessed one was the dude with glasses. I literally can't imagine it the other way around. I MUST see what you two actually look like.

[@LetMeTellYouAbout]

It's a common mixup

[@LochNessHamster]

@@LetMeTellYouAbout Is that the reason that you guys started drawing arrows with your names pointed at your portraits?

[@LetMeTellYouAbout]

Yup

[@oljo0527]

This is an important but forgotten part of Swedish history. It also spooky as fug

[@twoskies1839]

that was.. much more riveting than i expected damn also this might be a dumb request and feel free to call me a snowflake or w/e, but can yall possibly refrain from using the r slur? i love yalls content but every time i hear you say it i get kinda uncomfortable

[@LetMeTellYouAbout]

I'm not sure which word you're referring to actually

[@Varatri]

as somebody who is autistic, let them say it. us retards really dont care at all if somebody says it and would prefer if people just said it, its literally just a word.

[@SiliconeButts]

10:03 There are probably only 2 black people in America who own and fly hot air balloons and I guarantee you they wear scarfs and brown leather jackets.