The Aerial Age, 1911

Walter Wellman was an American journalist, adventurer, and self-styled expert on an array of subjects. In the 1890s and early 1900s, the public eagerly read about his unsuccessful attempts to reach the North Pole (by sled and airship). Wellman later tried to cross the Atlantic in the refurbished airship used in his polar expeditions. He detailed these adventures in his book, The Aerial Age.