N-4 down : the hunt for the Arctic airship Italia
Piesing, Mark2022
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The riveting true story of the largest polar rescue mission in history: the desperate race to find the survivors of the glamorous Arctic airship Italia, which crashed near the North Pole in 1928. During the Roaring Twenties, zeppelin travel embodied the exuberant spirit of the age, but the new mode of transport offered something else, too: a new frontier of exploration. Whereas previous Arctic and Antarctic explorers had subjected themselves to dangerous conditions in their attempts to reach uncharted lands, airships held out the possibility of speedily soaring over the hazards. In 1926, the famed Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen partnered with the Italian airship designer General Umberto Nobile to pioneer flight over the North Pole. The resulting expedition by Nobile in the airship Italia (code-named N-4) ended in disaster.
Main title:
N-4 down : the hunt for the Arctic airship Italia / Mark Piesing.
Author:
Piesing, Mark, author
Imprint:
Boston : Mariner Books, 2022.
Collation:
448 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Custom House, 2021.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780062851536 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
919.8
Language:
English
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BRN:
2557896
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