Disaster at the Pole: The Tragedy of the Airship Italia and the 1928 Nobile Expedition to the North Pole by Wilbur Cross recounts the harrowing story of Umberto Nobile’s ill-fated Arctic expedition.  In 1928, Italian aeronautical engineer Umberto Nobile led an expedition to the North Pole in the airship Italia. Since Nobile had flown a successful polar flight two years previously, it was assumed the Italia would also be successful. Unfortunately, on the return flight,  the Italia crashed onto the Arctic ice, leaving survivors stranded on the ice floes. The book details the extensive and often chaotic rescue attempts, involving multiple nations. It also portrays the survivors’ desperate struggle for survival on the ice.

Condition: Very Good

ISBN: 1-58574-049-7