July 1897

Sunday 11:

Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to try to reach the North pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.

Klondike gold rush begins when first successful prospectors arrive in Seattle, Washington, USA.

Writer Jack London sails to join the Klondike Gold Rush where he will write his first successful stories.

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