Title: Ghost ship of the Pole, the incredible story of the dirigible Italia; an international tragedy that has shadowed a man and a nation for thirty years.
Authors: Cross, Wilbur
Publisher: W. Sloane Associates,
Year: 1960
Subjects: Nobile, Umberto,; Italia (Air-ship)
Abstract: On May 25, 1928, the Italian dirigible Italia crashed onto an ice pack in the frozen emptiness of the Arctic Ocean. The beginning of an epic struggle for survival, this disaster initiated one of the greatest series of Arctic searches in the annals of polar expeditions and became the death knell for many brave men, crew and rescuers alike.
Contents: Trial run -- The backdrop -- The polar plan -- The shaking down -- The polar flight -- End of the flight -- The beginning of the ordeal -- The base ship -- Survivors divided -- Rescue plans -- The radio -- A bold venture -- Trouble on the ice pack -- Aid from the air -- The rescue -- The strange imprisonment -- Trial by ice -- The lonely Arctic -- The icebreaker -- Of human endurance -- Deliverance -- Rescuers rescued -- Trial by silence -- Trial by talk -- The great enigma.