Disaster at the Pole
Subtitle: The Crash of the Airship Italia
Edition: 1.00 edition
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Published: August 1, 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781585740499
Subjects: Travel writing; True Stories; World history: from c 1900 -; Travel; Italia (Air-ship); Aviation - History; History - General History; Polar Regions; Nobile, Umberto,; Expeditions & Discoveries; Travel / Adventure; Arctic regions; Special Interest - Adventure; 1885-; 1885-1978; Aerial exploration; Italia (Airship)
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Ghost ship of the Pole / Wilbur Cross. 1960.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Prelude to disaster; title: The impossible dream; title: An ambitious undertaking; title: The next big step; title: Premonitions of trouble; title: Destination zero; title: The downfall; title: Picking up the pieces; title: Frustration; title: Split decision; title: The shortwave dilemma; title: Against the odds; title: Manna from heaven; title: A decision in doubt; title: Prison without bars; title: The ice torture; title: Fools forsaken; title: Breaking the ice; title: Liberation; title: Reverse rescue; title: Voices muzzled; title: An abundance of enemies; title: Epilogue