LEADER 00000nam 2200529 i 4500 001 sky303936493 003 SKY 005 20220302094902.0 008 210615t20212021nyuabf b 001 0deng 010 2021023679 015 GBC1D4643|2bnb 020 9780062851529|q(Hardcover) 020 0062851527|q(Hardcover) 020 9780062851536|q(Trade Paperback) 020 0062851535|q(Trade Paperback) 024 8 40030709522 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dSKYRV|dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 r------ 092 919.8|bPIE 100 1 Piesing, Mark,|eauthor. 245 10 N-4 down :|bthe hunt for the Arctic airship Italia /|cMark Piesing. 246 3 N-Four down 250 First edition. 264 1 New York :|bCustom House,|c[2021] 264 4 |c© 2021 300 xvi, 428 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations, map ;|c24 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 500 Adult|bBrodart. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-410) and index. 505 00 |tMap: Routes of the Italia and rescue efforts -- |tIntroduction: Once upon a time in the North --|tPrologue : The Arctic Ocean, May 25, 1928 --|t"You are supposed to be dead" --|t"There is no room for Prima Donnas in the Italian Air Force" --|t"Do you know where Amundsen is?" - -|t"She would be there to inform on us" --|t"The most sensational sporting event in human history" --|t"Let him go, for he cannot possibly come back to bother us anymore" --|t"We are quite aware that our venture is difficult and dangerous . . . but it is this very difficulty and danger which attracts us" --|t"God Save Us!" --|t"We will die when God has decided" --|t"Do you as you like, but I am going looking for Nobile" --|t"Woman joins search for Amundsen" --|t"Don't let him eat me!" -- |t"Down with Nobile! Death to Nobile!" --|t"This is real exploring despite the luxury" --|tEpilogue: The Kremlin, Moscow, 1933. 520 "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."--|cProvided by publisher. 521 1 Adult|bBrodart. 521 2 Adult|bBrodart. 600 10 Nobile, Umberto,|d1885-1978|xTravel|zArctic regions. 600 10 Amundsen, Roald,|d1872-1928|xTravel|zArctic regions. 610 20 Italia (Airship) 650 0 Search and rescue operations|zArctic regions|xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Survival at sea. 650 0 Fascism. 650 0 Airships|xAccidents|zArctic regions. 650 0 Explorers|xAviation disasters. 651 0 Arctic regions|xDiscovery and exploration.
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