N-4 down : the hunt for the Arctic airship Italia / Mark Piesing.

N-4 down : the hunt for the Arctic airship Italia / Mark Piesing.

Alternate Title
: 
N-Four down

By
: 
Piesing, Mark.

Publication Date
: 
2021

Publication Information
: 
New York : Custom House,

Edition
: 
First edition.

Physical Description
: 
xvi, 428 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map.

Subject Term
: 
Explorers -- Aviation disasters.
 
Airships -- Accidents -- Arctic regions.
 
Search and rescue operations -- Arctic regions -- History -- 20th century.
 
Survival at sea.
 
Fascism.

Geographic Term
: 
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.

Bibliography Note
: 
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-410) and index.

Summary
: 
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.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9780062851529


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