Tout le monde à bord pour le Klondike. Le merveilleux aéronautique et quelques projets de vols vers les gisements aurifères du nord canadien, 1897-1898 (2015)
Fortier, Rénald (Author)
Scientia Canadensis: Journal of the History of Canadian Science, Technology, and Medicine
Volume: 38
Issue: 2
Pages: 57-77
In 1897, gold seekers from all over the world rushed to the Klondike, in what was then the Yukon district of the Northwest Territories. Reaching this isolated region of Northern Canada was difficult, however. There were no roads or railroads and the Yukon River was frozen much of the year. As a result, some aeronauts in the United States and France suggested that balloons be used to transport supplies from Alaska to the gold fields. In addition, a number of North American inventors, including one from Canada, proposed that airship designs they had put on paper be constructed in order to set up air routes to the Klondike. Newspapers and magazines published many articles about these proposals. Not one balloon or airship, however, flew to the Klondike during the gold rush. Indeed, none of the airships mentioned at the time were actually completed. A French team made it to North America with its balloon but the attempt fizzled out.
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