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Realm of ice and sky : triumph, tragedy, and history's greatest Arctic rescue
Levy, Buddy, 1960-2025
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Arctic explorer and American visionary Walter Wellman pioneered both polar and trans-Atlantic airship aviation, making history's first attempts at each. Wellman pushed the boundaries of polar exploration and paved the way for the ultimate conquest of the North Pole -- which would be achieved by airship. American explorer Dr. Frederick Cook was the first to claim he made it to the North Pole in 1908. A year later, so did American Robert Peary, but both Cook's and Peary's claims had been seriously questioned. There was enough doubt that Norwegian explorer extraordinaire Roald Amundsen picked up where Walter Wellman left off, attempting to fly to the North Pole by airship. He would go in the Norge, designed by Italian aeronautical engineer Umberto Nobile. Two years later, Nobile returned, this time in the Italia, backed by Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. This was an Italian enterprise, and Nobile intended to win back the global accolades and reputation he believed Amundsen had stripped from him. The journey ended in disaster, death, and accusations of cannibalism, launching one of the great rescue operations the world had ever seen.
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Author:
Levy, Buddy, 1960-, author
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2025.©2025.
Collation:
xiv, 368 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781250289186 (hardcover)9781250289193 (ebook)
Dewey class:
910.9113910.911
Language:
English
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BRN:
2291667