However, the expedition never needed his efforts, and after the balloon took off from Danskøya, he went home to Sweden where he followed a military career.
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This included forecasts for weather-exposed locations such as Hinlopen, Sørkapp and Danskøya.
In addition there are remains of several Arctic expeditions, for instance in Virgohamna, Danskøya, the launching point for Swedish engineer S. A. Andrée's failed 1897 attempt to reach the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon.