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Disaster at the Pole: The Tragedy of the Airship "Italia" and the 1921 Nobile Expedition to the North Pole
 
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Disaster at the Pole: The Tragedy of the Airship "Italia" and the 1921 Nobile Expedition to the North Pole (Hardcover)

by Wilbur Cross (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 340 pages
  • Publisher: The Lyons Press (31 Aug 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1585740497
  • ISBN-13: 978-1585740499
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 813,047 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Shackleton. Scott. Amundsen. The great twentieth-century polar explorers. But others, too, were engaged in scrambles to the poles. One of the most bizarre and tragic took place in 1928. Against the backdrop of Mussolini's rising power, one of Italy's premier aeronautical engineers, Umberto Nobile, gained acclaim by crossing the North Pole in a dirigible. With this success under his belt, Nobile decided i