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Piesing, Mark,

N-4 down : the hunt for the Arctic airship Italia / N-Four down Mark Piesing. - First Edition. - xvi, 428 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-410) and index.

Introduction: Once upon a time in the North -- Prologue: The Arctic Ocean, May 25, 1928 -- "You are supposed to be dead" -- "There is no room for Prima Donnas in the Italian Air Force" -- "Do you know where Amundsen is?" -- "She would be there to inform on us" -- "The most sensational sporting event in human history" -- "Let him go, for he cannot possibly come back to bother us anymore" -- "We are quite aware that our venture is difficult and dangerous . . . but it is this very difficulty and danger which attracts us" -- "God Save Us!" -- "We will die when God has decided" -- "Do you as you like, but I am going looking for Nobile" -- "Woman joins search for Amundsen" -- "Don't let him eat me!" -- "Down with Nobile! Death to Nobile!" -- "This is real exploring despite the luxury" -- Epilogue: The Kremlin, Moscow, 1933.

"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"--

ISBN: 9780062851529 0062851527 9780062851536 0062851535

LCCN: 2021023679

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC1D4643 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 020297362 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Nobile, Umberto, 1885-1978 --Travel--Arctic regions.
Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928 --Travel--Arctic regions.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Italia (Airship)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Explorers--Aviation disasters.
Airships--Accidents--Arctic regions.
Search and rescue operations--History--Arctic regions--20th century.
Survival at sea.
Fascism.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration.