Title:
N-4 down : the hunt for the Arctic airship Italia
JLCTITLE245:
Mark Piesing.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First Edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Custom House, [2021]
Physical Description:
xvi, 428 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780062851529
9780062851536
Abstract:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-410) and index.
Subject Term:
Variant Title:
N-Four down
Contents:
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 Arctic search" -- "When I die you can eat me, but not before" -- "Down with Nobile! Death to Nobile!" -- "This is real exploring despite the luxury" -- Epilogue: The Kremlin, Moscow, 1933.
Chronological Term:
1900-1999
Since 1929