Disaster at the Pole

• Autore: Cross Wilbur
• Pubblicazione: Wilbur Cross Books
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (348 p.)
• Soggetto non controllato: Airships; Aircraft accidents; Disasters; Italy; Transportation; Technology & engineering; Social science; History
• Sommario/riassunto: In 1928, defying Italy's Mussolini and the entire fascist party, aviator Umberto Nobile, undertook a daring expedition to the North Pole in Italia, one of several successful airships he had designed. The tragic crash of the airship on the ice and search for survivors was the most extensive in Arctic history, involving seven nations. Although Nobile and eight crew members survived, those lost included not only their tragic companions but searchers, including the famous explorer, Roald Amundsen. The Italia tragedy was described by The New York Times as one of the most astonishing episodes in the history of aviation.
• Titolo autorizzato: Disaster at the Pole
• ISBN: 1-62536-082-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910162675403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II