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Episode 64 --- The Long-Forgotten Tragedy Of The Arctic Airship Italia
Episode 64 --- The Long-Forgotten Tragedy Of The Arctic Airship Italia
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49 minutes
Released:
Aug 21, 2021
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Acclaimed U.K. journalist Mark Piesing chats about his first book N-4 DOWN: THE HUNT FOR THE ARCTIC AIRSHIP ITALIA (Harper-Collins) which tracks the long-forgotten history of how airship and early aviators tried to conquer the North Pole. Umberto Nobile’s Italia airship crashed onto the Arctic ice in May 1928 and sparked an international search before Nobile and what was left of his crew were eventually saved by the then relatively novel technology of radio.
Released:
Aug 21, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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